English Premier League

FT Sunday, June 21, 2020
Chelsea WLDWW 2
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Aston Villa LLLLD 1
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Match Report

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Pulisic, Giroud help Chelsea see off Aston Villa challenge

Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud both found the net as a costly two minutes saw Chelsea overturn a 1-0 deficit to beat Aston Villa 2-1.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
10
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
3
74
Possession
26
19
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
593
Accurate Passes
158
692
Passes
246
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
7
Accurate Crosses
3
37
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
61
40
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
7
Blocked Shots
1
4
Effective Tackles
3
7
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
8
Interceptions
17
11
Effective Clearances
31
11
Clearances
31

Highlights

01:37 Olley: Goals crucial to Pulisic's Chelsea future Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

CHE leads series 5-0

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 25Ørjan NylandG
  2. 40Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 30Kortney HauseCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 15Ezri KonsaRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM
  7. 14Conor HourihaneLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 39Keinan DavisF
  10. 10Jack GrealishLF
  11. 21Anwar El GhaziRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Neil TaylorSUB
  2. 36Indiana VassilevSUB
  3. 23JotaSUB
  4. 11Marvelous NakambaSUB
  5. 29Pepe ReinaSUB
  6. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  7. 19Borja BastónSUB
  8. 20Mbwana SamattaSUB
  9. 17TrézéguetSUB

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 4Andreas ChristensenCD-R
  4. 3Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM
  7. 19Mason MountLM
  8. 17Mateo KovacicRM
  9. 18Olivier GiroudF
  10. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekLF
  11. 10WillianRF

Substitutes

  1. 11PedroSUB
  2. 22Christian PulisicSUB
  3. 47Billy GilmourSUB
  4. 24Reece JamesSUB
  5. 33EmersonSUB
  6. 15Kurt ZoumaSUB
  7. 8Ross BarkleySUB
  8. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  9. 9Tammy AbrahamSUB

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 0. Kortney Hause (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 45' Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 55' Substitution, Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  4. 55' Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  5. 57' Substitution, Aston Villa. Mbwana Samatta replaces Keinan Davis.
  6. 60' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 1. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a cross.
  7. 62' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 2. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
  8. 70' Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
  9. 70' Substitution, Aston Villa. Marvelous Nakamba replaces Conor Hourihane.
  10. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Tammy Abraham replaces Olivier Giroud.
  11. 87' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jota replaces John McGinn.
  12. 90' Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Willian.
  13. 90'+4' N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+6' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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