English Premier League

FT Monday, December 28, 2020
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Stamford Bridge

Match Report

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Chelsea's poor form continues with Aston Villa draw

It was another disappointing day out for Chelsea as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Monday.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
11
4
Saves
1
36.6
Possession
63.4
10
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
226
Accurate Passes
454
314
Passes
550
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.1
62
Long Balls
63
26
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
17
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
14
20
Effective Clearances
17
20
Clearances
17

Head to Head

CHE leads series 5-0

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 4Andreas ChristensenCD-R
  4. 21Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM
  7. 19Mason MountLM
  8. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 18Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Christian PulisicLF
  11. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Mateo KovacicSUB
  2. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaSUB
  3. 9Tammy AbrahamSUB
  4. 14Fikayo TomoriSUB
  5. 33EmersonSUB
  6. 11Timo WernerSUB
  7. 23Billy GilmourSUB
  8. 29Kai HavertzSUB
  9. 6Thiago SilvaSUB

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 30Kortney HauseCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 10Jack GrealishAM
  7. 7John McGinnLM
  8. 6Douglas LuizRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 21Anwar El GhaziAM-L
  11. 15Bertrand TraoréAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Neil TaylorSUB
  2. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  3. 39Keinan DavisSUB
  4. 24Frédéric GuilbertSUB
  5. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  6. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  7. 41Jacob RamseySUB
  8. 1Tom HeatonSUB
  9. 22Björn EngelsSUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 0. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.
  2. 45'+2' César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 50' Goal! Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 1. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matthew Cash with a cross.
  4. 71' Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 71' Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 72' Substitution, Chelsea. Timo Werner replaces Olivier Giroud.
  7. 72' Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Jorginho.
  8. 74' N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 81' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
  10. 87' Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Bertrand Traoré.

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