English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 27, 2014
Aston Villa DLWWL 0
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Chelsea WWDDW 3
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Stamford Bridge · 41,616 att.

Match Report

Diego Costa scores as Chelsea continue strong start with win vs. Villa

Diego Costa continued his remarkable start to life in the Premier League as Jose Mourinho celebrated his 250th match as Chelsea boss with a 3-0 defeat of Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
1
37.5
Possession
62.5
7
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
348
Accurate Passes
643
416
Passes
701
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
70
25
Accurate Long Balls
59
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
4
10
Tackles
5
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
23
27
Clearances
23

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

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. 4Cesc FàbregasRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 22WillianAM-R

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
  3. 14Philippe SenderosCD-R
  4. 23Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 15Ashley WestwoodCM
  7. 16Fabian DelphLM
  8. 8Tom CleverleyRM
  9. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorF
  10. 18Kieran RichardsonLF
  11. 10Andreas WeimannRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 0. Oscar (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian.
  2. 26' Gary Cahill (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 51' Tom Cleverley (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 58' Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Goal! Chelsea 2, Aston Villa 0. Diego Costa (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a cross.
  6. 62' Philippe Senderos (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. André Schürrle replaces Eden Hazard.
  8. 69' Substitution, Aston Villa. Darren Bent replaces Kieran Richardson.
  9. 69' Substitution, Aston Villa. Charles N'Zogbia replaces Andreas Weimann.
  10. 77' Substitution, Chelsea. John Obi Mikel replaces Oscar.
  11. 79' Goal! Chelsea 3, Aston Villa 0. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  12. 81' Substitution, Chelsea. Loïc Remy replaces Diego Costa.

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