English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 11, 2021
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Chelsea DWWWD 3
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Stamford Bridge · 39,969 att.

Match Report

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Romelu Lukaku scores brace as Chelsea beat Aston Villa

Romelu Lukaku and Mateo Kovacic scored for Chelsea as they beat Aston Villa 3-0 and kept the pressure on Manchester United.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
11
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
6
43.2
Possession
56.8
18
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
270
Accurate Passes
396
344
Passes
476
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
1
30
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.1
63
Long Balls
56
30
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
9
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
12
Interceptions
7
18
Effective Clearances
40
18
Clearances
40

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 6Thiago SilvaCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 14Trevoh ChalobahCD-R
  5. 17Saúl ÑíguezCM-L
  6. 8Mateo KovacicCM-R
  7. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 29Kai HavertzCF-L
  11. 22Hakim ZiyechCF-R

AVL · 5-3-2

  1. 12Jed SteerG
  2. 16Axel TuanzebeCD
  3. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  4. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  5. 3Matt TargettLB
  6. 2Matty CashRB
  7. 6Douglas LuizCM
  8. 7John McGinnCM-L
  9. 41Jacob RamseyCM-R
  10. 11Ollie WatkinsCF-L
  11. 20Danny IngsCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Goal! Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 0. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic with a through ball.
  3. 28' Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Jorginho replaces Saúl Ñíguez.
  5. 49' Goal! Chelsea 2, Aston Villa 0. Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 56' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Jacob Ramsey.
  7. 61' Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 64' Substitution, Chelsea. César Azpilicueta replaces Kai Havertz.
  9. 69' Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Danny Ings.
  10. 79' Substitution, Aston Villa. Marvelous Nakamba replaces Douglas Luiz.
  11. 82' Substitution, Chelsea. Timo Werner replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  12. 90' Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+3' Goal! Chelsea 3, Aston Villa 0. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.

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