English FA Cup

FT Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Chelsea WWDLL 3
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Aston Villa WDDLW 1
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CHE213
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Match Report

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Chelsea ease pressure on Pochettino with FA Cup win at Villa

Chelsea responded to a troubling week with a superb 3-1 win at Aston Villa to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup and put a smile back on the face of Mauricio Pochettino on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
5
51
Possession
49
15
SHOTS
15
8
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
391
Accurate Passes
352
442
Passes
417
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.4
42
Long Balls
33
23
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
7
17
Effective Clearances
10
17
Clearances
10

Highlights

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Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 17Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 3Diego CarlosCD-R
  4. 15Álex MorenoLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 8Youri TielemansAM
  7. 6Douglas LuizLM
  8. 44Boubacar KamaraRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 7John McGinnAM-L
  11. 31Leon BaileyAM-R

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 28Djordje PetrovicG
  2. 5Benoît BadiashileCD-L
  3. 2Axel DisasiCD-R
  4. 21Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 27Malo GustoRB
  6. 23Conor GallagherAM
  7. 8Enzo FernándezLM
  8. 25Moisés CaicedoRM
  9. 20Cole PalmerF
  10. 15Nicolas JacksonAM-L
  11. 11Noni MaduekeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 1. Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Noni Madueke.
  2. 21' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 2. Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Malo Gusto with a cross.
  3. 38' Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 54' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 3. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 55' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  6. 71' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Youri Tielemans.
  7. 72' Substitution, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby replaces John McGinn.
  8. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Raheem Sterling replaces Noni Madueke.
  9. 76' Djordje Petrovic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 81' Substitution, Chelsea. Thiago Silva replaces Cole Palmer.
  11. 87' Substitution, Chelsea. Alfie Gilchrist replaces Benoît Badiashile because of an injury.
  12. 87' Substitution, Chelsea. Christopher Nkunku replaces Nicolas Jackson.
  13. 87' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tim Iroegbunam replaces Boubacar Kamara.
  14. 88' Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Leon Bailey.
  15. 90'+1' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 3. Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey following a corner.

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