English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 7, 2015
Chelsea WDLWD 2
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Aston Villa WLLWL 1
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Villa Park · 35,969 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
3
49
Possession
51
12
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
415
Accurate Passes
432
501
Passes
500
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
36
0.3
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
56
29
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
13
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
30
35
Clearances
30

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-5-1

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 5Jores OkoreCD-R
  4. 23Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 16Fabian DelphCM-L
  7. 8Tom CleverleyCM-R
  8. 15Ashley WestwoodAM
  9. 10Andreas WeimannLM
  10. 25Carles GilRM
  11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorF

Substitutes

  1. 20Christian BentekeSUB
  2. 12Joe ColeSUB
  3. 4Ron VlaarSUB
  4. 9Scott SinclairSUB
  5. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  6. 31Shay GivenSUB
  7. 24Carlos SánchezSUB

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 8OscarAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 7RamiresRM
  9. 11Didier DrogbaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 22WillianAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Petr CechSUB
  2. 5Kurt ZoumaSUB
  3. 12John Obi MikelSUB
  4. 23Juan CuadradoSUB
  5. 36Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  6. 18Loïc RémySUB
  7. 6Nathan AkéSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Tom Cleverley (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 8' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 1. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian.
  3. 35' Ramires (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 44' Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 1. Jores Okore (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carles Gil with a cross following a corner.
  6. 49' Jores Okore (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  7. 64' Substitution, Chelsea. Loïc Remy replaces Didier Drogba.
  8. 66' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 2. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a cross.
  9. 68' Substitution, Aston Villa. Christian Benteke replaces Gabriel Agbonlahor.
  10. 73' Substitution, Chelsea. John Obi Mikel replaces Oscar.
  11. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Scott Sinclair replaces Tom Cleverley.
  12. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Juan Cuadrado replaces Willian.
  13. 80' Substitution, Aston Villa. Joe Cole replaces Andreas Weimann.
  14. 90'+5' Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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