English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 23, 2012
Aston Villa WDDWW 0
–
Chelsea WWWLW 8
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CHE358
Stamford Bridge · 41,363 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
1
43.4
Possession
56.6
7
SHOTS
26
1
ON GOAL
15
0.1
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
337
Accurate Passes
487
420
Passes
559
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.1
50
Long Balls
60
34
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
8
27
Clearances
18

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 2Branislav IvanovicCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 8Frank LampardLM
  7. 4David LuizRM
  8. 9Fernando TorresF
  9. 10Juan MataRCF
  10. 17Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 13Victor MosesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Paulo FerreiraSUB
  2. 21Marko MarinSUB
  3. 35Lucas PiazonSUB
  4. 11OscarSUB
  5. 57Nathan AkéSUB
  6. 7RamiresSUB
  7. 22Ross TurnbullSUB

AVL · 3-5-1-1

  1. 22Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD
  3. 32Nathan BakerCD-L
  4. 31Chris HerdCD-R
  5. 25Barry BannanCM-L
  6. 15Ashley WestwoodCM-R
  7. 14Brett HolmanAM
  8. 30Eric LichajLM
  9. 34Matthew LowtonRM
  10. 20Christian BentekeF
  11. 26Andreas WeimannRCF

Substitutes

  1. 16Fabian DelphSUB
  2. 1Shay GivenSUB
  3. 12Marc AlbrightonSUB
  4. 27Joe BennettSUB
  5. 7Stephen IrelandSUB
  6. 21Jordan BowerySUB
  7. 8Karim El AhmadiSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 0. Fernando Torres (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a cross.
  2. 29' Goal! Chelsea 2, Aston Villa 0. David Luiz (Chelsea) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 34' Goal! Chelsea 3, Aston Villa 0. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  4. 56' Attempt missed. Ashley Cole (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
  5. 57' Substitution, Aston Villa. Joe Bennett replaces Eric Lichaj.
  6. 58' Attempt saved. Victor Moses (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard with a through ball.
  7. 61' Attempt missed. Victor Moses (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  8. 67' Attempt saved. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Juan Mata.
  9. 74' Attempt missed. Andreas Weimann (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Christian Benteke.
  10. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Lucas Piazon replaces Juan Mata.
  11. 79' Penalty conceded by Chris Herd (Aston Villa) after a foul in the penalty area.
  12. 80' Goal! Chelsea 6, Aston Villa 0. Oscar (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  13. 83' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jordan Bowery replaces Brett Holman.
  14. 89' Penalty conceded by Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) after a foul in the penalty area.
  15. 90'+1' Joe Bennett (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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