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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 12 (setup 1, season 31)
Chelsea
v.
Aston Villa
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Thomas STRAKOSHA17Péter GULÁCSI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Stephan LICHTSTEINER2Jérémy PIED
Faouzi GHOULAM37Nathan BAKER
ALLAN Marques Loureiro47Julian BAUMGARTLINGER
Víctor RUÍZ Torre75Sergei IGNASHEVICH
Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada6Robin KNOCHE
Antonio CANDREVA77Leandro BACUNA
Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC58Rodrigo Javier DE PAUL
Edin DZEKO9Ádám SZALAI
Wayne ROONEY710José Manuel JURADO Marín
Diego PEROTTI11Hachim MASTOUR
Dean WilliamsManager
Andrea CONTI612BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES
Domenico CRISCITO613Tomás VACLIK
Marcel HALSTENBERG14Pedro Mba OBIANG Avomo
Lars STINDL15Yannick BOLASIE
Max KRUSE16Ryad BOUDEBOUZ

Chelsea 4 Aston Villa 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 66,778, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Russell BOOTH 6½)
59 Perotti, 61 Perotti, 79 Dzeko, 84 RooneyScorers87 Szalai
76 Milinkovic-Savic <=> Criscito, 84 Candreva <=> ContiSubstitutions53 Mastour <=> Boudebouz
Sendings off
Bookings
7Corners2
5Fouls13
6Offsides4
7Shots on4
14Shots off4
21Total shots8
2Shots saved3
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Diego PEROTTI
14A header by BAKER at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
22GHOULAM ran onto a delightful ball from ALLAN but hit his effort wide.
33The Aston Villa 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from ROONEY.
37A delightful save prevented BACUNA from scoring a great goal.
38BACUNA made space on the left and knocked the ball to IGNASHEVICH who rasped the ball wide.
43MILINKOVIC-SAVIC beat two Aston Villa players and slammed a golden opportunity wide.
44SZALAI waltzed round ALLAN and rattled a weak shot over the bar.
45+1The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from DE PAUL fell just wide.
45+2Uncertainty in the Aston Villa defence enabled GHOULAM to crack the ball just wide.
 
46SZALAI rushed through the Chelsea defence but shot straight at STRAKOSHA.
49DZEKO beat KNOCHE and whacked the ball to PEROTTI who pulled his shot wide.
55A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Aston Villa 'keeper.
59GOAL!! . (1-0 Chelsea)
61GOAL!! Some good work by ALLAN on the left, left PEROTTI yards clear, and he raced past the 'keeper and thundered the ball over the line. (2-0 Chelsea)
66An exceptional effort from DE PAUL scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
71ALLAN chipped the ball to CANDREVA who nodded it over the bar.
74A weak shot from CANDREVA rolled agonisingly wide.
79GOAL!! A tackle from BAUMGARTLINGER gave Chelsea a free-kick just outside the area which DZEKO fired past GULÁCSI. (3-0 Chelsea)
82ALLAN kicked the ball wide from just inside the area.
84GOAL!! A long ball from CANDREVA down the middle was collected by the lurking ROONEY who drilled a right foot shot into the back of the net. (4-0 Chelsea)
86A accurate pass bobbled toward PEROTTI and his looping shot flew narrowly over.
87GOAL!! An imaginative DE PAUL played a wonderful ball down the left to SZALAI who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (4-1 Chelsea)