English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 2, 2016
Chelsea WDLLD 4
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Aston Villa LLLLL 0
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Villa Park · 31,120 att.

Match Report

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Alexandre Pato scores on debut as Chelsea hit four at Aston Villa

Alexandre Pato scored on his debut and Pedro bagged a brace as Chelsea thrashed Aston Villa at Villa Park.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
4
58.3
Possession
41.7
11
SHOTS
15
8
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
524
Accurate Passes
317
604
Passes
411
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
7
5
Crosses
24
0.0
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
58
25
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
21
21
Tackles
23
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
7
20
Clearances
12

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 16Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 4Micah RichardsCD-R
  4. 43Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 24Carlos SánchezCM
  7. 15Ashley WestwoodLM
  8. 8Idrissa GueyeRM
  9. 39Rudy GestedeF
  10. 19Jordan AyewLF
  11. 25Carles GilRF

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 2Branislav IvanovicCD-L
  3. 20Matt MiazgaCD-R
  4. 6Baba RahmanLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 36Ruben Loftus-CheekAM
  7. 4Cesc FàbregasLM
  8. 12John Obi MikelRM
  9. 18Loïc RémyF
  10. 16KenedyAM-L
  11. 17PedroAM-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Substitution, Chelsea. Alexandre Pato replaces Loïc Remy because of an injury.
  2. 26' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 1. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
  3. 28' Idrissa Gueye (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 29' Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+2' Aly Cissokho (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+3' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 2. Alexandre Pato (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Kenedy.
  8. 46' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 3. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oscar.
  9. 59' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 4. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  10. 61' Carlos Sánchez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Carles Gil.
  12. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Carlos Sánchez.
  13. 74' Substitution, Chelsea. Jake Clarke-Salter replaces Pedro.
  14. 78' Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jordan Lyden replaces Idrissa Gueye.
  16. 85' Second yellow card to Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) for a bad foul.
  17. 87' Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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