English Premier League

Chelsea vs Aston Villa 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 15': Romelu Lukaku
  • 49': Mateo Kovacic
  • 90'+3': Romelu Lukaku
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Romelu Lukaku scores brace as Chelsea beat Aston Villa

Romelu Lukaku and Mateo Kovacic scored for Chelsea as they beat Aston Villa 3-0 and kept the pressure on Manchester United.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 8': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 15': Goal! Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 0. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic with a through ball.
  • 28': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Jorginho replaces Saúl Ñíguez.
  • 49': Goal! Chelsea 2, Aston Villa 0. Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 56': Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Jacob Ramsey.
  • 61': Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Substitution, Chelsea. César Azpilicueta replaces Kai Havertz.
  • 69': Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Danny Ings.
  • 79': Substitution, Aston Villa. Marvelous Nakamba replaces Douglas Luiz.
  • 82': Substitution, Chelsea. Timo Werner replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  • 90': Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90': John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Chelsea 3, Aston Villa 0. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 39,969

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+26 Arsenal 22 50 2
+24 Manchester City 22 43 5
+8 Aston Villa 22 43 5
+4 Liverpool 22 36 6
Full Table

Statistics

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11 Fouls 11
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
11 Corner Kicks 4
1 Saves 6
43.2 Possession 56.8
18 SHOTS 12
6 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
270 Accurate Passes 396
344 Passes 476
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 1
30 Crosses 15
0.2 Cross % 0.1
63 Long Balls 56
30 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
9 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 6
12 Tackles 15
0.8 Tackle % 0.4
12 Interceptions 7
18 Effective Clearances 40
18 Clearances 40

Line-Ups

CHE Chelsea (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
16 Édouard Mendy (GK)
6 Thiago Silva
2 Antonio Rüdiger
14 Trevoh Chalobah
17 Saúl Ñíguez
8 Mateo Kovacic
3 Marcos Alonso Yellow Card
20 Callum Hudson-Odoi
9 Romelu Lukaku
29 Kai Havertz
22 Hakim Ziyech

AVL Aston Villa (5-3-2)

No. Name
12 Jed Steer (GK)
16 Axel Tuanzebe
5 Tyrone Mings Yellow Card
4 Ezri Konsa
3 Matt Targett Yellow Card
2 Matty Cash
6 Douglas Luiz
7 John McGinn Yellow Card
41 Jacob Ramsey Yellow Card
11 Ollie Watkins
20 Danny Ings

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