English Premier League

Chelsea vs Aston Villa 2022-23 English Premier League

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  • 18': Ollie Watkins
  • 56': John McGinn

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.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 18': Goal! Chelsea 0, Aston Villa 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 39': Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Chelsea 0, Aston Villa 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Calum Chambers replaces Boubacar Kamara.
  • 54': Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 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.
  • 57': Substitution, Chelsea. N'Golo Kanté replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  • 57': Substitution, Chelsea. Noni Madueke replaces Mykhailo Mudryk.
  • 68': Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 76': Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  • 80': Substitution, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  • 80': Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Marc Cucurella.
  • 84': Calum Chambers (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  • 87': Substitution, Aston Villa. Leander Dendoncker replaces Douglas Luiz.
  • 89': Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Álex Moreno.
  • 90'+3': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 40,082

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+46 Liverpool 35 82 3
+33 Arsenal 35 67 4
+24 Manchester City 35 64 9
+21 Newcastle United 35 63 10
Full Table

Statistics

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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

Line-Ups

CHE Chelsea (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK)
26 Kalidou Koulibaly
32 Marc Cucurella
24 Reece James
8 Mateo Kovacic Yellow Card
5 Enzo Fernández Yellow Card
21 Ben Chilwell Yellow Card
12 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
11 João Félix
15 Mykhailo Mudryk
29 Kai Havertz

AVL Aston Villa (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Emiliano Martínez (GK)
5 Tyrone Mings
4 Ezri Konsa
15 Álex Moreno
18 Ashley Young
6 Douglas Luiz
44 Boubacar Kamara Yellow Card
41 Jacob Ramsey
7 John McGinn
11 Ollie Watkins
10 Emiliano Buendía

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