English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 23, 2021
Chelsea WWLLW 1
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Aston Villa WLDLW 2
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CHE011
AVL112
Villa Park · 10,000 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea sneak into Champions League despite loss at Aston Villa

Chelsea secured their place in the Champions League despite a 2-1 at Aston Villa on the final matchday of the Premier League season.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
6
71.2
Possession
28.8
23
SHOTS
6
7
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
532
Accurate Passes
174
598
Passes
250
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
1
40
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.2
34
Long Balls
55
21
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
0
8
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
7
6
Effective Clearances
36
6
Clearances
36

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 30Kortney HauseCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 4Ezri KonsaRB
  6. 10Jack GrealishAM
  7. 19Marvelous NakambaLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 21Anwar El GhaziAM-L
  11. 15Bertrand TraoréAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 60Carney ChukwuemekaSUB
  2. 41Jacob RamseySUB
  3. 52Jaden PhilogeneSUB
  4. 6Douglas LuizSUB
  5. 9WesleySUB
  6. 3Neil TaylorSUB
  7. 39Keinan DavisSUB
  8. 1Tom HeatonSUB
  9. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 6Thiago SilvaCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 24Reece JamesCD-R
  5. 17Mateo KovacicCM-L
  6. 5JorginhoCM-R
  7. 21Ben ChilwellLM
  8. 28César AzpilicuetaRM
  9. 11Timo WernerF
  10. 10Christian PulisicCF-L
  11. 19Mason MountCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Hakim ZiyechSUB
  2. 4Andreas ChristensenSUB
  3. 15Kurt ZoumaSUB
  4. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaSUB
  5. 23Billy GilmourSUB
  6. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiSUB
  7. 29Kai HavertzSUB
  8. 18Olivier GiroudSUB
  9. 3Marcos AlonsoSUB

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 0. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Matt Targett following a corner.
  2. 45' Jorginho (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Timo Werner (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Kepa Arrizabalaga replaces Édouard Mendy because of an injury.
  5. 49' Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 52' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Chelsea 0. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 60' VAR Decision: No Goal Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea.
  8. 60' Substitution, Chelsea. Hakim Ziyech replaces Jorginho.
  9. 65' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 66' Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  11. 70' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Chelsea 1. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross.
  12. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. Carney Chukwuemeka replaces Bertrand Traoré.
  13. 74' Marvelous Nakamba (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 79' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
  15. 81' Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 89' César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  17. 90'+5' Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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