English Premier League

FT Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Aston Villa WLLWD 1
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Chelsea DWLDL 2
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Match Report

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Tammy Abraham returns with a goal and assist as Chelsea edge Aston Villa

Chelsea held on for a 2-1 victory against Aston Villa in an entertaining Premier League affair at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
2
35.5
Possession
64.5
9
SHOTS
25
3
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
280
Accurate Passes
564
349
Passes
649
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
6
23
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
31
25
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
10
9
Effective Tackles
8
22
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
20
Interceptions
6
30
Effective Clearances
15
30
Clearances
15

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 15Kurt ZoumaCD-L
  3. 4Andreas ChristensenCD-R
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  5. 24Reece JamesRB
  6. 19Mason MountAM
  7. 17Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 9Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 22Christian PulisicAM-L
  11. 10WillianAM-R

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 40Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 15Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  6. 11Marvelous NakambaCM
  7. 14Conor HourihaneLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 9WesleyF
  10. 10Jack GrealishLF
  11. 17TrézéguetRF

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 0. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.
  2. 41' Goal! Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 1. Trézéguet (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ahmed El Mohamady with a cross.
  3. 45' Mason Mount (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 48' Goal! Chelsea 2, Aston Villa 1. Mason Mount (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham.
  5. 58' Substitution, Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz replaces Conor Hourihane.
  6. 64' Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jota replaces Trézéguet.
  8. 81' Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Tammy Abraham because of an injury.
  10. 86' Substitution, Chelsea. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Christian Pulisic.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Chelsea. Jorginho replaces Willian because of an injury.

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