English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 1, 2023
Aston Villa LWWDW 2
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Chelsea LWWWD 0
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Stamford Bridge · 40,082 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea slip into Premier League's bottom half with 2-0 loss to Aston Villa

Goals from Ollie Watkins and captain John McGinn earned Aston Villa all three points in a 2-0 Premier League win at Chelsea.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
13
7
Saves
0
31
Possession
69
5
SHOTS
27
2
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
214
Accurate Passes
543
285
Passes
600
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
6
4
Crosses
39
0.0
Cross %
0.2
38
Long Balls
50
15
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
13
24
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
9
32
Effective Clearances
4
32
Clearances
4

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD
  3. 32Marc CucurellaCD-L
  4. 24Reece JamesCD-R
  5. 8Mateo KovacicCM-L
  6. 5Enzo FernándezCM-R
  7. 21Ben ChilwellLM
  8. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekRM
  9. 11João FélixF
  10. 15Mykhailo MudrykCF-L
  11. 29Kai HavertzCF-R

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 15Álex MorenoLB
  5. 18Ashley YoungRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM-L
  7. 44Boubacar KamaraCM-R
  8. 41Jacob RamseyLM
  9. 7John McGinnRM
  10. 11Ollie WatkinsCF-L
  11. 10Emiliano BuendíaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Goal! Chelsea 0, Aston Villa 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 39' Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Calum Chambers replaces Boubacar Kamara.
  5. 54' Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Goal! Chelsea 0, Aston Villa 2. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey following a corner.
  7. 57' Substitution, Chelsea. N'Golo Kanté replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  8. 57' Substitution, Chelsea. Noni Madueke replaces Mykhailo Mudryk.
  9. 68' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  11. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  12. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Marc Cucurella.
  13. 84' Calum Chambers (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 87' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leander Dendoncker replaces Douglas Luiz.
  15. 89' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Álex Moreno.
  16. 90'+3' Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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