English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 27, 2024
Chelsea WDWLL 2
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Aston Villa DWWLW 2
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Villa Park · 42,354 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea draw at Aston Villa after late winner denied by VAR

A brilliant second-half strike by Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher secured a 2-2 Premier League draw with Aston Villa on Saturday as the Blues came back from two goals down to threaten Villa's Champions League hopes.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
5
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
3
71.2
Possession
28.8
21
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
608
Accurate Passes
207
664
Passes
268
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.4
30
Long Balls
43
19
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
4
21
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
6
Interceptions
1
11
Effective Clearances
16
11
Clearances
16

Highlights

01:18 Were Chelsea unlucky with VAR decisions against Aston Villa? Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM-L
  7. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  8. 27Morgan RogersLM
  9. 31Leon BaileyRM
  10. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  11. 7John McGinnRCF

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 28Djordje PetrovicG
  2. 5Benoît BadiashileCD-L
  3. 6Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 14Trevoh ChalobahRB
  6. 20Cole PalmerAM
  7. 23Conor GallagherLM
  8. 25Moisés CaicedoRM
  9. 15Nicolas JacksonF
  10. 10Mykhailo MudrykAM-L
  11. 11Noni MaduekeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Own Goal by Marc Cucurella, Chelsea. Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 0.
  2. 27' Substitution, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby replaces Youri Tielemans because of an injury.
  3. 42' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Chelsea 0. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matty Cash.
  4. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Robin Olsen replaces Emiliano Martínez because of an injury.
  5. 49' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 49' Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 62' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Chelsea 1. Noni Madueke (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 64' Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 66' Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 75' Substitution, Aston Villa. Diego Carlos replaces Leon Bailey.
  11. 75' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tim Iroegbunam replaces Douglas Luiz.
  12. 81' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Chelsea 2. Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Noni Madueke.
  13. 82' Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 83' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Moussa Diaby.
  15. 87' Thiago Silva (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90' Substitution, Chelsea. Cesare Casadei replaces Mykhailo Mudryk.
  17. 90' Substitution, Chelsea. Axel Disasi replaces Thiago Silva because of an injury.
  18. 90'+10' Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+10' Noni Madueke (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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