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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 20 (setup 4, season 35)
Aston Villa
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Tom HEATON717Marcin BULKA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Matty CASH27Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Matt TARGETT638Solomon MARCH
John McGINN4Mateo KOVACIC
Boubacar KAMARA5THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
Ludwig AUGUSTINSSON766Malang SARR
Emiliano BUENDIA Stati776Mattéo GUENDOUZI
PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia787Hakim ZIYECH
Ollie WATKINS797Romelu LUKAKU
Morgan SANSON10Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Leon BAILEY11Timo WERNER
Manager
Cameron ARCHER12Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK
Anwar EL GHAZI13Kieran TRIPPIER
Tyreik WRIGHT14Callum HUDSON-ODOI
Ajani BURCHALL15Billy GILMOUR
Jacob RAMSEY16Dylan WILLIAMS

Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 42,178, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 7½, TV: live)
30 Philippe Coutinho, 35 Philippe CoutinhoScorers65 Kovacic
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners0
5Fouls10
5Offsides4
5Shots on3
9Shots off7
14Total shots10
2Shots saved1
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Solomon MARCH
5LUKAKU poked a simple chance past the near post.
7An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the Aston Villa 'keeper by GUENDOUZI.
12MCGINN knocked the ball to PHILIPPE COUTINHO who headed it wide.
13A fine ball from THIAGO SILVA on the right was collected by LUKAKU who scuffed his effort just beyond the far post.
16A weak shot from PHILIPPE COUTINHO bounced agonisingly wide.
25A shot from BAILEY held no problem for the Chelsea 'keeper.
27A mix up in the Aston Villa defence enabled AZPILICUETA to hit an effort over the bar.
30GOAL!! A great dummy from SANSON allowed BAILEY to lay a lovely ball off to PHILIPPE COUTINHO who glanced the ball home. (1-0 Aston Villa)
34WATKINS stormed through the Chelsea defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
35GOAL!! A poor clearance dropped to WATKINS who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily PHILIPPE COUTINHO was on hand to hammer the ball into the net. (2-0 Aston Villa)
37LUKAKU ran onto a wonderful ball from KOVACIC but fired his shot wide.
37KOVACIC was put clear by AZPILICUETA and he dummied the Aston Villa 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.
42WATKINS dribbled past SARR and stroked a weak shot over the bar.
 
57PHILIPPE COUTINHO shot over.
64TARGETT fluffed an easy chance.
65GOAL!! A tackle from BUENDIA gave Chelsea a free-kick just outside the area which KOVACIC stroked past HEATON. (2-1 Aston Villa)
68BUENDIA beat three Chelsea players and slammed a golden opportunity just wide.
71A corner found WERNER who flicked the ball wide.
75HEATON saved a glorious shot from THIAGO SILVA.
76SANSON beat KOVACIC and hit the ball to WATKINS who pulled his shot wide.
81TARGETT hit a left foot shot over the bar from close range.
84A accurate pass found GUENDOUZI and his left foot shot flew narrowly over.
86A shot from WATKINS was smothered by the 'keeper.
88BAILEY made space on the left and pulled the ball to TARGETT who touched the ball over.