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Aston Villa
FT
1–4
HT 1–2
Chelsea
Premier League Wed 4 Mar, 19:30London Villa Park, Birmingham Jarred Gillett 42,084 attendance

Timeline

  1. 2' Douglas Luiz assist Leon Bailey
  2. 32' Matty Cash Yellow Card
  3. 35' João Pedro assist Malo Gusto
  4. 45'+6' João Pedro assist Enzo Fernández
  5. 45' Lamare Bogarde for Matty Cash
  6. 54' João Pedro Yellow Card
  7. 55' Cole Palmer assist João Pedro
  8. 58' Morgan Rogers Yellow Card
  9. 58' Enzo Fernández Yellow Card
  10. 63' Jadon Sancho for Emiliano Buendía
  11. 63' Ross Barkley for Douglas Luiz
  12. 63' Alysson for Leon Bailey
  13. 64' João Pedro assist Alejandro Garnacho
  14. 68' Ollie Watkins Yellow Card
  15. 71' Tammy Abraham for Ollie Watkins
  16. 75' Romeo Lavia for Malo Gusto
  17. 79' Marc Cucurella for Enzo Fernández
  18. 79' Tosin Adarabioyo for Wesley Fofana
  19. 85' Liam Delap for João Pedro
  20. 85' Andrey Santos for Cole Palmer

Match stats

43.1% Possession 56.9%
9 Shots 15
4 On target 8
10 Fouls 9
3 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 2
4 Saves 3
371 Accurate passes 515

Lineups

Aston Villa 4-2-3-1
23 Martínez
22 Maatsen 5 Mings 4 Konsa 2 Cash
21 Luiz 24 Onana
27 Rogers 10 Buendía 31 Bailey
11 Watkins
Chelsea 4-3-3
12 Jørgensen
21 Hato 23 Chalobah 29 Fofana 27 Gusto
8 Fernández 25 Caicedo 24 James
49 Garnacho 20 Pedro 10 Palmer
Aston Villa 4-2-3-1
  1. 23 Emiliano Martínez G
  2. 5 Tyrone Mings CD-L
  3. 4 Ezri Konsa CD-R
  4. 22 Ian Maatsen LB
  5. 2 Matty Cash ▼ RB
  6. 10 Emiliano Buendía ▼ AM
  7. 21 Douglas Luiz ▼ LM
  8. 24 Amadou Onana RM
  9. 11 Ollie Watkins ▼ F
  10. 27 Morgan Rogers AM-L
  11. 31 Leon Bailey ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 6 Ross Barkley ▲ SUB
  2. 47 Alysson ▲ SUB
  3. 26 Lamare Bogarde ▲ SUB
  4. 19 Jadon Sancho ▲ SUB
  5. 18 Tammy Abraham ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 14 Pau Torres SUB
  2. 40 Marco Bizot SUB
  3. 3 Victor Lindelöf SUB
  4. 12 Lucas Digne SUB
Chelsea 4-3-3
  1. 12 Filip Jørgensen G
  2. 23 Trevoh Chalobah CD-L
  3. 29 Wesley Fofana ▼ CD-R
  4. 21 Jorrel Hato LB
  5. 27 Malo Gusto ▼ RB
  6. 25 Moisés Caicedo CM
  7. 8 Enzo Fernández ▼ LM
  8. 24 Reece James RM
  9. 20 João Pedro ▼ F
  10. 49 Alejandro Garnacho LF
  11. 10 Cole Palmer ▼ RF

Came on

  1. 17 Andrey Santos ▲ SUB
  2. 9 Liam Delap ▲ SUB
  3. 4 Tosin Adarabioyo ▲ SUB
  4. 45 Romeo Lavia ▲ SUB
  5. 3 Marc Cucurella ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 1 Robert Sánchez SUB
  2. 5 Benoît Badiashile SUB
  3. 38 Marc Guiu SUB
  4. 19 Mamadou Sarr SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 4.
  2. 90'+7' Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 4.
  3. 90'+6' Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  4. 90'+6' Foul by Liam Delap (Chelsea).
  5. 90'+5' Jadon Sancho (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  6. 90'+5' Foul by Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea).
  7. 90'+1' Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  8. 90' Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
  9. 85' Substitution, Chelsea. Andrey Santos replaces Cole Palmer.
  10. 85' Substitution, Chelsea. Liam Delap replaces João Pedro.
  11. 84' Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jadon Sancho.
  12. 84' Attempt missed. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jadon Sancho.
101 earlier entries
  1. 82' Attempt saved. Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa). Assisted by Marc Cucurella.
  2. 80' Attempt missed. Alysson Edward (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
  3. 79' Substitution, Chelsea. Tosin Adarabioyo replaces Wesley Fofana because of an injury.
  4. 79' Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Cucurella replaces Enzo Fernández.
  5. 79' Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Trevoh Chalobah.
  6. 75' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  7. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Roméo Lavia replaces Malo Gusto.
  8. 73' Delay in match because of an injury Wesley Fofana (Chelsea).
  9. 73' Foul by Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa).
  10. 73' Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  11. 71' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tammy Abraham replaces Ollie Watkins.
  12. 71' Attempt missed. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cole Palmer.
  13. 69' Offside, Chelsea. Alejandro Garnacho is caught offside.
  14. 68' Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 68' Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  16. 68' Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
  17. 66' João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  18. 66' Foul by Amadou Onana (Aston Villa).
  19. 64' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 4. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  20. 63' Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson Edward replaces Leon Bailey.
  21. 63' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ross Barkley replaces Douglas Luiz.
  22. 63' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jadon Sancho replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  23. 61' Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Malo Gusto.
  24. 58' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  25. 58' Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  26. 58' Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  27. 58' Foul by Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa).
  28. 55' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 3. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Pedro.
  29. 54' João Pedro (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  30. 54' Foul by João Pedro (Chelsea).
  31. 54' Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  32. 54' Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  33. 54' Foul by Enzo Fernández (Chelsea).
  34. 53' João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  35. 53' Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
  36. 49' Attempt missed. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  37. 48' Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  38. 48' Foul by Malo Gusto (Chelsea).
  39. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces Matty Cash because of an injury.
  40. 45' Second Half begins Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 2.
  41. 45'+10' First Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 2.
  42. 45'+6' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 2. João Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández with a through ball.
  43. 45'+4' Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  44. 45'+4' Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
  45. 45'+4' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  46. 45'+4' Delay in match because of an injury Amadou Onana (Aston Villa).
  47. 45'+3' Attempt missed. Jorrel Hato (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  48. 45'+1' Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  49. 45'+1' Foul by João Pedro (Chelsea).
  50. 45'+1' Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
  51. 45' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
  52. 44' Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
  53. 44' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  54. 42' VAR Decision: No Goal Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea.
  55. 41' GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  56. 41' Offside, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins is caught offside.
  57. 40' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ezri Konsa.
  58. 39' Foul by Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea).
  59. 39' Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  60. 37' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  61. 35' Delay in match because of an injury Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
  62. 35' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 1. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malo Gusto.
  63. 34' Attempt saved. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Filip Jörgensen (Chelsea). Assisted by Ian Maatsen.
  64. 32' Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  65. 32' Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
  66. 32' Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  67. 31' Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Filip Jörgensen.
  68. 31' Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Filip Jörgensen (Chelsea). Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a through ball.
  69. 30' Attempt missed. Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
  70. 30' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Emiliano Martínez.
  71. 29' Attempt blocked. Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
  72. 29' Attempt blocked. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho with a cross.
  73. 25' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  74. 24' Delay in match because of an injury Wesley Fofana (Chelsea).
  75. 24' Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Filip Jörgensen (Chelsea). Assisted by Emiliano Martínez.
  76. 24' Attempt saved. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa). Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  77. 22' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ezri Konsa.
  78. 22' Attempt blocked. Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cole Palmer.
  79. 18' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  80. 17' Delay in match because of an injury Wesley Fofana (Chelsea).
  81. 17' Delay in match because of an injury Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa).
  82. 16' Attempt blocked. Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) header from very close range is blocked.
  83. 15' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Emiliano Martínez.
  84. 15' Attempt saved. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa). Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  85. 11' Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  86. 11' Foul by Wesley Fofana (Chelsea).
  87. 10' Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
  88. 10' Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  89. 9' Offside, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía is caught offside.
  90. 8' Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  91. 8' Foul by Jorrel Hato (Chelsea).
  92. 7' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ian Maatsen.
  93. 6' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Douglas Luiz.
  94. 6' Attempt saved. João Pedro (Chelsea) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa). Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho with a cross.
  95. 5' Foul by Amadou Onana (Aston Villa).
  96. 5' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  97. 2' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
  98. 1' Offside, Chelsea. Malo Gusto is caught offside.
  99. 1' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
  100. First Half begins.
  101. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Aston Villa L D L W D

  • D at AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Premier League
  • W Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Premier League
  • L Newcastle United 3-1 English FA Cup
  • D Leeds United 1-1 Premier League
  • L at Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Premier League

Chelsea L D W D W

  • W at Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Premier League
  • D Leeds United 2-2 Premier League
  • W at Hull City 4-0 English FA Cup
  • D Burnley 1-1 Premier League
  • L at Arsenal 2-1 Premier League

Head to head

Series tied 2-2-1

  • 27 Dec 2025 Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa 2025-26 English Premier League
  • 22 Feb 2025 Aston Villa 2–1 Chelsea 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 1 Dec 2024 Chelsea 3–0 Aston Villa 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 27 Apr 2024 Aston Villa 2–2 Chelsea 2023-24 English Premier League
  • 7 Feb 2024 Aston Villa 1–3 Chelsea 2023-24 English FA Cup

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