English Premier League

FT Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Aston Villa WWLDW 1
–
Chelsea WWWLW 2
1st2ndT
AVL101
CHE112
Stamford Bridge · 41,527 att.

Team Stats

16
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
2
30.8
Possession
69.2
7
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
197
Accurate Passes
594
286
Passes
677
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
9
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.1
52
Long Balls
57
26
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
28
26
Clearances
29

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 11OscarAM
  7. 8Frank LampardLM
  8. 7RamiresRM
  9. 19Demba BaF
  10. 17Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 10Juan MataAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Romelu LukakuSUB
  2. 12John Obi MikelSUB
  3. 16Marco van GinkelSUB
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaSUB
  5. 23Mark SchwarzerSUB
  6. 15Kevin De BruyneSUB
  7. 14André SchürrleSUB

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 4Ron VlaarCD-R
  4. 14Antonio LunaLB
  5. 34Matthew LowtonRB
  6. 15Ashley WestwoodCM
  7. 16Fabian DelphLM
  8. 8Karim El AhmadiRM
  9. 20Christian BentekeF
  10. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorLF
  11. 10Andreas WeimannRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Jed SteerSUB
  2. 24Aleksandar TonevSUB
  3. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  4. 3Joe BennettSUB
  5. 9Nicklas HeleniusSUB
  6. 5Jores OkoreSUB
  7. 18Yacouba SyllaSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Own Goal by Antonio Luna, Aston Villa. Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 0.
  2. 43' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jores Okore replaces Ciaran Clark because of an injury.
  3. 45'+3' Goal! Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 1. Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Agbonlahor.
  4. 64' Karim El Ahmadi (Aston Villa) Yellow Card at 64'
  5. 65' Karim El Ahmadi (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' André Schürrle (Chelsea) Substitution at 65'
  7. 71' Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Yellow Card at 71'
  8. 72' Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) Yellow Card at 72'
  9. 73' Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Goal - Header at 73'
  10. 76' Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) Yellow Card at 76'
  11. 82' Aleksandar Tonev (Aston Villa) Substitution at 82'
  12. 84' Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oscar.
  13. 90'+7' Brad Guzan (Aston Villa) Yellow Card at 97'

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