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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 25 (setup 2, season 18)
Aston Villa
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Tom HEATON51RUI Pedro dos Santos PATRÍCIO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Aaron WAN-BISSAKA2Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Matt TARGETT3MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares de Paulo74Martin ØDEGAARD
DIEGO CARLOS Santos Silva5José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas
Eric DIER6Kalidou KOULIBALY
Kaine KESLER-HAYDEN7Jarrod BOWEN
Leon BAILEY88RAFAEL Alexandre da Conceição LEÃO
Cameron ARCHER96GONÇALO Matias RAMOS
Morgan SANSON610Jordan HENDERSON
Louie BARRY11Christopher NKUNKU
Manager
Jacob RAMSEY12Randal KOLO-MUANI
Robin OLSEN13Aaron RAMSDALE
Keinan DAVIS14Thierno BALLO
Tyrone MINGS715Presnel KIMPEMBE
Marvelous NAKAMBA16Malang SARR

Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 42,544, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Keith HILL 8)
63 BaileyScorers29 Rafael Leão, 44 Henderson, 57 Marcos Alonso
76 Wan-Bissaka <=> MingsSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners1
6Fouls17
4Offsides4
5Shots on8
4Shots off8
9Total shots16
4Shots saved5
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
1A header from ARCHER was headed off the line by KOULIBALY.
3BAILEY fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
5A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
10A great shot from WAN-BISSAKA was dealt with by a fine stop from the Chelsea 'keeper.
16HEATON was able to block a weak header from HENDERSON.
17A good effort from ARCHER scraped the outside of the righthand post.
22An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the 'keeper by GONÇALO RAMOS.
24ARCHER's shot beat RUI PATRÍCIO but rebounded off the Chelsea crossbar.
27A penalty box scramble resulted in DOUGLAS LUIZ tapping a low shot over.
29GOAL!! A shot from RAFAEL LEÃO raced through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted Aston Villa 'keeper. (1-0 Chelsea)
37A deadly shot from RAFAEL LEÃO was pushed over by the 'keeper.
44GOAL!! The creative NKUNKU neatly touched on a cross for HENDERSON to fire the ball in. (2-0 Chelsea)
 
49RAFAEL LEÃO scuffed an easy chance.
54HENDERSON beat a number of Aston Villa players and blasted a golden opportunity over.
56NKUNKU beat DIER and flicked the ball to ØDEGAARD who fired his shot wide.
57GOAL!! AZPILICUETA drove an amazing shot against the upright with MARCOS ALONSO tapping in the rebound. (3-0 Chelsea)
61DOUGLAS LUIZ knocked the ball to KESLER-HAYDEN who headed it just beyond the near post.
63GOAL!! The Chelsea 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from GIMÉNEZ and BAILEY was able to scramble the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Chelsea)
69RAFAEL LEÃO shot over.
77RAFAEL LEÃO was put clear by AZPILICUETA and he nutmegged the Aston Villa 'keeper but drilled his shot inches wide.
81Uncertainty in the Aston Villa defence enabled RAFAEL LEÃO to volley an effort just beyond the near post.
82A wonderful save prevented RAFAEL LEÃO from scoring a good goal.
86RAFAEL LEÃO fired a deadly shot wide from just outside the area.
86SANSON hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
89RAFAEL LEÃO made space on the left and touched the ball to AZPILICUETA who touched the ball wide.