English Premier League

Chelsea vs Aston Villa 2021-22 English Premier League

Chelsea
  • 15': Romelu Lukaku
  • 49': Mateo Kovacic
  • 90'+3': Romelu Lukaku
FT
3 - 0
Aston Villa

    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
    +18 Liverpool 15 36 1
    +18 Chelsea 16 34 2
    +18 Arsenal 17 33 2
    +4 Nottingham Forest 17 31 4
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    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
    Substitutes:
    César Azpilicueta, Mason Mount, Andreas Christensen, Ross Barkley, Ben Chilwell, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Timo Werner, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Jorginho .

    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
    Substitutes:
    Morgan Sanson, Cameron Archer, Leon Bailey, Kortney Hause, Marvelous Nakamba, Ashley Young, Bertrand Traoré, Viljami Sinisalo, Anwar El Ghazi.

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