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FT: Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Aston Villa's January additions look more than ready to power Unai Emery's side to a top-five finish.
Two goals from Marco Asensio, two assists by Marcus Rashford. A very satisfying evening for the Villa boss.
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Chelsea’s league season has imploded.
Alan
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Ian Maatsen boots away a free-kick from Pedro Neto and there goes the final whistle!
Aston Villa fight back to move up to seventh.
Image source, PA MediaAston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Leon Bailey drives Villa up the pitch but he can't find a team-mate after making his way into the Chelsea penalty area and that will give the visitors one last chance to attack.
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Andy Reid
Former Tottenham and Nottingham Forest midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live
Villa have about seven or eight players back in defence now. It is all hands to the pump.
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Chelsea have won just one of their last five Premier League games in which they scored the first goal, losing twice. They have also failed to win any of their last three in the competition in which they led at half-time.
The Blues are pushing for an equaliser in the closing stages but Villa are holding firm for now.
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Dropping points from a leading position is one thing, but surely Chelsea are the worst at losing games from winning positions.
Jim, Paisley
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Corner to Chelsea with time quickly running out.
Reece James takes it but Villa clear without too much trouble. They can't get out just yet though.
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Marcus Rashford looks keen to impress in his time at Villa. He's full of running and confidence as he drives at the Chelsea defence, looking to put this game beyond Chelsea.
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Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Seven minutes added on for Chelsea to try and rescue a point here.
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Andy Reid
Former Tottenham and Nottingham Forest midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live
This place has just erupted!
It is a huge mistake from Filip Jorgensen. He needs to look at himself there. The ball just slipped through his hands and he will be absolutely distraught with that.
Marco Asensio
From hero to villain.
It's a horrible error by Filip Jorgensen, who allows Marco Asensio's well-taken but quite routine first-time strike to slide underneath him and in.
Aston Villa complete the turnaround!
Image source, ReutersAston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
Filip Jorgensen rescues Chelsea!
Marcus Rashford feeds the ball through to Donyell Malen but the Chelsea keeper is out quickly to smother the chance. Corner.
Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
Cole Palmer and Pedro Neto combine in the middle but Aston Villa defend effectively in numbers to suffocate the space around them.
Marco Asensio then blasts into row Z with an off-balance attempt.
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Palmer cannot carry this team by himself. This is only his second season of playing top tier football, he needs other players to step up or more experienced ones. Problem is Chelsea don't have any experienced player anymore.
Will
Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
Pedro Neto, who has given an encouraging performance for the visitors, gives chase to a through ball but he's outnumbered and overpowered.
Five minutes left on the clock. Who has got a big finish in them?
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This is Villa Winner written all over it, and another shameful loss to us
Usman
Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
Chelsea get the ball away but it's far from convincing!
And there's going to be a brief VAR check after Marc Cucurella appears to haul Lamare Bogarde to the floor in the penalty area.
It's checked and cleared, but that was extremely risky from Cucurella.
Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
It's all Aston Villa for now.
Marcus Rashford stands over a free-kick to the left of goal as the hosts continue to build pressure.
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 62 | 26 | 36 | 61 |
| |
| 2 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 23 | 28 | 53 |
| |
| 3 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 47 |
| |
| 4 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 35 | 17 | 44 |
| |
| 5 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 43 |
| |
| 6 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 43 |
| |
| 7 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 41 | -2 | 42 |
| |
| 8 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 41 |
| |
| 9 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 40 |
| |
| 10 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 39 |
| |
| 11 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 37 |
| |
| 12 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 53 | 38 | 15 | 33 |
| |
| 13 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 33 |
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| 14 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 33 | -4 | 31 |
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| 15 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 30 |
| |
| 16 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 30 |
| |
| 17 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 54 | -18 | 22 |
| |
| 18 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 54 | -30 | 17 |
| |
| 19 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 59 | -34 | 17 |
| |
| 20 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 61 | -42 | 9 |
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Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Enzo Maresca
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Enzo Maresca
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Aston Villa have won just two of their last 11 Premier League home games against Chelsea (D2 L7), beating them 1-0 in March 2014 and 2-1 in May 2021.
Chelsea have won 13 Premier League away games against Aston Villa, only winning more at Tottenham (16) and Southampton (15) in the competition’s history.
Aston Villa have lost just one of their last 22 Premier League home games played on Saturdays (W16 D5), a 2-0 loss to Arsenal in August this season which was also a 5.30pm kick-off.
Chelsea have lost four of their last eight Premier League matches (W2 D2), more than they had in their previous 32 games combined (W19 D10 L3).
Aston Villa won 10 consecutive Premier League matches against London sides between April 2023 and February 2024 but since then have only won four out of 15 against sides from the capital (D6 L5).
Chelsea have scored just two goals in their last five Premier League away matches (D2 L3), having scored nine in their two away games before this run (5-1 vs Southampton, 4-3 vs Spurs). In these last five away games, the Blues have underperformed their expected goals by 4.8 (2 goals, 6.8 xG).
In their 3-0 defeat away at Brighton last Friday, Chelsea failed to have a single shot on target in a Premier League match for the first time since September 2021 against Man City. It was also only the third time this season the Blues accumulated less than at least 1.00 xG, managing a seasonal low of 0.54.
Since the start of the 2022-23 campaign, only Wolves’ Nélson Semedo (29) has received more Premier League yellow cards than Moisés Caicedo (28), with the Chelsea midfielder receiving a booking in three of his last four appearances.
Cole Palmer’s last Premier League assist for Chelsea was against Aston Villa in December for Enzo Fernández’s goal – since then, Palmer has created 33 chances for 12 different teammates without any of them being converted.
Aston Villa’s Marcus Rashford has scored four goals in eight home Premier League appearances against Chelsea, doing so for Manchester United in 2016-17 (one goal), 2019-20 (two) and 2022-23 (one).
