English Premier League

FT Sunday, October 16, 2022
Chelsea DWWWW 2
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Aston Villa LDWDD 0
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Villa Park · 41,754 att.

Match Report

Mount, Kepa stand out as Chelsea beats Villa 2-0 in EPL

— Mason Mount and Kepa Arrizabalaga were Chelsea’s stars as they helped to maintain Graham Potter’s unbeaten start in the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
7
7
Saves
2
58.9
Possession
41.1
8
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
468
Accurate Passes
283
548
Passes
353
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
9
6
Crosses
30
0.3
Cross %
0.3
48
Long Balls
47
19
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
10
9
Tackles
24
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
8
Interceptions
8
22
Effective Clearances
6
22
Clearances
6

Highlights

01:21 Hislop gushes over 'outstanding' Kepa performance Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Ashley YoungLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM
  7. 7John McGinnLM
  8. 41Jacob RamseyRM
  9. 9Danny IngsF
  10. 11Ollie WatkinsLF
  11. 31Leon BaileyRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Calum ChambersSUB
  2. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  3. 25Robin OlsenSUB
  4. 52Lamare BogardeSUB
  5. 23Philippe CoutinhoSUB
  6. 10Emiliano BuendíaSUB
  7. 8Morgan SansonSUB
  8. 32Leander DendonckerSUB
  9. 20Jan BednarekSUB

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 6Thiago SilvaCD
  3. 32Marc CucurellaCD-L
  4. 14Trevoh ChalobahCD-R
  5. 8Mateo KovacicCM-L
  6. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekCM-R
  7. 21Ben ChilwellLM
  8. 17Raheem SterlingRM
  9. 9Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 29Kai HavertzCF-L
  11. 19Mason MountCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Denis ZakariaSUB
  2. 18Armando BrojaSUB
  3. 23Conor GallagherSUB
  4. 26Kalidou KoulibalySUB
  5. 5JorginhoSUB
  6. 16Édouard MendySUB
  7. 10Christian PulisicSUB
  8. 28César AzpilicuetaSUB
  9. 30Carney ChukwuemekaSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 1. Mason Mount (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 33' Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Kalidou Koulibaly replaces Kai Havertz.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. César Azpilicueta replaces Marc Cucurella.
  5. 58' Substitution, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  6. 61' Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Jorginho replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  8. 65' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 2. Mason Mount (Chelsea) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  9. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Leon Bailey.
  10. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. Philippe Coutinho replaces John McGinn.
  11. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leander Dendoncker replaces Jacob Ramsey.
  12. 83' Mason Mount (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 89' Substitution, Chelsea. Armando Broja replaces Raheem Sterling.

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