English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 26, 2021
Chelsea DWDDW 3
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Aston Villa WLWLW 1
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CHE123
AVL101
Villa Park · 41,907 att.

Match Report

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Romelu Lukaku stars as Chelsea come from behind in victory over Aston Villa

Striker Romelu Lukaku came off the bench and scored as Chelsea edged to a 3-1 away win over Aston Villa on Sunday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
1
57.9
Possession
42.1
10
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
2
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
541
Accurate Passes
382
609
Passes
446
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
1
21
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.1
59
Long Balls
29
40
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
16
Interceptions
12
18
Effective Clearances
22
18
Clearances
22

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 3Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 11Ollie WatkinsM
  7. 6Douglas LuizCM
  8. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM
  9. 41Jacob RamseyLM
  10. 8Morgan SansonRM
  11. 20Danny IngsCF-R

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 6Thiago SilvaCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 14Trevoh ChalobahCD-R
  5. 5JorginhoCM-L
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM-R
  7. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 24Reece JamesRM
  9. 10Christian PulisicF
  10. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiCF-L
  11. 19Mason MountCF-R

Timeline

  1. 28' Own Goal by Reece James, Chelsea. Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 0.
  2. 33' Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 34' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 1. Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Romelu Lukaku replaces Trevoh Chalobah.
  5. 52' Substitution, Chelsea. Andreas Christensen replaces Thiago Silva because of an injury.
  6. 56' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 2. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross.
  7. 63' Substitution, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic replaces N'Golo Kanté.
  8. 65' Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 70' Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Danny Ings.
  11. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Carney Chukwuemeka replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  12. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Morgan Sanson.
  13. 90'+2' Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+3' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 3. Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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