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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 35 (setup 1, season 31)
Aston Villa
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Péter GULÁCSI718Thomas STRAKOSHA
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Jérémy PIED2Stephan LICHTSTEINER
Robin KNOCHE3Faouzi GHOULAM
Ryad BOUDEBOUZ747ALLAN Marques Loureiro
Alfie MAWSON757Domenico CRISCITO
Tommy ELPHICK667Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada
Leandro BACUNA77Antonio CANDREVA
Rodrigo Javier DE PAUL87Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC
Ádám SZALAI798Edin DZEKO
José Manuel JURADO Marín710Wayne ROONEY
Hachim MASTOUR11Diego PEROTTI
ManagerDean Williams
BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES126Andrea CONTI
Tomás VACLIK136Víctor RUÍZ Torre
Yannick BOLASIE14Marcel HALSTENBERG
Julian BAUMGARTLINGER615Franck RIBÉRY
Pedro Mba OBIANG Avomo16Lars STINDL

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 51,331, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: RUI CARLOS Madureira 7½)
Scorers3 Lichtsteiner
47 Jurado <=> Bolasie, 84 Szalai <=> BaumgartlingerSubstitutions76 Milinkovic-Savic <=> Ruíz, 84 Candreva <=> Conti
Sendings off
Bookings56 Perotti
7Corners1
3Fouls17
0Offsides19
9Shots on7
5Shots off4
14Total shots11
8Shots saved6
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Edin DZEKO
3GOAL!! After a steady build-up LICHTSTEINER drove a low shot past the 'keeper. (1-0 Chelsea)
5A mix up in the Aston Villa defence enabled PEROTTI to thump an effort inches wide.
13BACUNA beat three Chelsea players and thundered a shot just beyond the far post.
14A delightful shot from DE PAUL was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.
22ROONEY charged through the Aston Villa defence but shot straight at the Aston Villa 'keeper.
23A header by BACUNA at the far post was easily collected by STRAKOSHA.
27GULÁCSI was able to claw away a weak shot from ROONEY.
28A tame shot from DZEKO bounced agonisingly wide.
29A penalty box meleé resulted in SZALAI tapping the ball wide.
31ELPHICK ran onto a delightful ball from JURADO but dragged his effort wide of the lefthand post.
31The Chelsea 'keeper saved a glorious effort from DE PAUL.
38STRAKOSHA managed to claw away a wicked shot.
39A twenty yard shot from PIED caused the Chelsea 'keeper little difficulty.
40MILINKOVIC-SAVIC worked the ball to CANDREVA, DZEKO gathered his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the Aston Villa 'keeper.
 
49A useful ball from CRISCITO on the left was collected by ROONEY who scuffed his effort over the bar.
51DZEKO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
56PEROTTI booked.
57A shot from DZEKO was smothered by GULÁCSI.
61A right foot effort from ROONEY was stopped by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
67A corner fell to LICHTSTEINER who flicked the ball inches over.
69A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
71A free-kick from BACUNA went over.
80BACUNA played the ball to PIED who fired it over.
81A drive from ELPHICK seemed a certain goal but STRAKOSHA managed to palm the ball clear.
86A shot from ELPHICK was hoofed off the line by ALBIOL.
88STRAKOSHA blocked a lovely shot from KNOCHE.