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# Aston Villa 1-4 Chelsea

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 4 Mar 19:30
- **League:** Premier League, Regular Season - 29
- **Venue:** Villa Park, Birmingham

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 2' | Normal Goal | Douglas Luiz (L. Bailey) | Aston Villa |
| 32' | Yellow Card | Matty Cash | Aston Villa |
| 35' | Normal Goal | Joao Pedro (M. Gusto) | Chelsea |
| 42' | Goal cancelled | Ollie Watkins | Aston Villa |
| 45' | Normal Goal | Joao Pedro (E. Fernandez) | Chelsea |
| 46' | Substitution 1 | M. Cash (on for L. Bogarde) | Aston Villa |
| 54' | Yellow Card | João Pedro | Chelsea |
| 55' | Normal Goal | C. Palmer (Joao Pedro) | Chelsea |
| 58' | Yellow Card | Morgan Rogers | Aston Villa |
| 58' | Yellow Card | Enzo Fernández | Chelsea |
| 63' | Substitution 2 | Douglas Luiz (on for R. Barkley) | Aston Villa |
| 63' | Substitution 3 | E. Buendia (on for J. Sancho) | Aston Villa |
| 63' | Substitution 4 | L. Bailey (on for Alysson) | Aston Villa |
| 64' | Normal Goal | Joao Pedro (A. Garnacho) | Chelsea |
| 68' | Yellow Card | Ollie Watkins | Aston Villa |
| 72' | Substitution 5 | O. Watkins (on for T. Abraham) | Aston Villa |
| 75' | Substitution 1 | M. Gusto (on for R. Lavia) | Chelsea |
| 79' | Substitution 2 | W. Fofana (on for T. Adarabioyo) | Chelsea |
| 79' | Substitution 3 | E. Fernandez (on for M. Cucurella) | Chelsea |
| 85' | Substitution 4 | C. Palmer (on for Andrey Santos) | Chelsea |
| 85' | Substitution 5 | Joao Pedro (on for L. Delap) | Chelsea |

## Statistics

| Stat | Aston Villa | Chelsea |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 4 | 8 |
| Shots off Goal | 4 | 3 |
| Total Shots | 9 | 15 |
| Blocked Shots | 1 | 4 |
| Shots insidebox | 6 | 14 |
| Shots outsidebox | 3 | 1 |
| Fouls | 10 | 9 |
| Corner Kicks | 3 | 8 |
| Offsides | 2 | 2 |
| Ball Possession | 43% | 57% |
| Yellow Cards | 3 | 2 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 4 | 3 |
| Total passes | 431 | 565 |
| Passes accurate | 371 | 515 |
| Passes % | 86% | 91% |
| expected_goals | 0.78 | 3.60 |
| goals_prevented | 0 | 0 |

## Aston Villa Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** E. Martinez (23), M. Cash (2), E. Konsa (4), T. Mings (5), I. Maatsen (22), A. Onana (24), Douglas Luiz (21), L. Bailey (31), E. Buendia (10), M. Rogers (27), O. Watkins (11)

**Substitutes:** M. Bizot (40), V. Lindelof (3), L. Digne (12), P. Torres (14), L. Bogarde (26), R. Barkley (6), J. Sancho (19), T. Abraham (18), Alysson (47)


## Chelsea Lineup (4-3-3)

**Starting XI:** F. Jorgensen (12), M. Gusto (27), W. Fofana (29), T. Chalobah (23), J. Hato (21), R. James (24), M. Caicedo (25), E. Fernandez (8), C. Palmer (10), Joao Pedro (20), A. Garnacho (49)

**Substitutes:** R. Sanchez (1), B. Badiashile (5), M. Sarr (19), T. Adarabioyo (4), M. Cucurella (3), Andrey Santos (17), R. Lavia (45), L. Delap (9), M. Guiu (38)