Chelsea v Aston Villa, 01 April 2023

Score2-0 to Aston Villa
RefereeAndy Madley
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStamford Bridge
Attendance40,082

View Chelsea v Aston Villa head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 56 Chelsea won: 29 Drawn: 13 Aston Villa won: 14 Chelsea scored: 93 Aston Villa scored: 54 . Chelsea were 12 positions above Aston Villa in the Premier League after winning at Villa Park on 16 October 2022. With this win, Villa had now gone above them in the league table.

0 Chelsea

Manager: Graham Potter

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Goals:

Ollie Watkins 18 G
John McGinn 56 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Ben Chilwell
Defender Kalidou Koulibaly
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Defender/Midfielder Reece James
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Midfielder/Forward Kai Havertz
Midfielder/Forward João Félix
Midfielder/Forward Mykhailo Mudryk

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Tyrone Mings Defender
Alex Moreno Defender/Midfielder
Boubacar Kamara Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Ashley Young Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Emi Buendía Midfielder
Douglas Luiz Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Jacob Ramsey Midfielder
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

N'Golo Kanté for Ruben Loftus-Cheek 57
Noni Madueke for Mykhailo Mudryk 57
Conor Gallagher for Mateo Kovačić 80
Christian Pulisic for Marc Cucurella 80

Substitutions:

Calum Chambers for Boubacar Kamara 46
Leon Bailey for Emi Buendía 76
Leander Dendoncker for Douglas Luiz 87
Lucas Digne for Alex Moreno 89

Cards:

Mateo Kovačić 39 Y
Ben Chilwell 54 Y
Enzo Fernández 68 Y

Cards:

Boubacar Kamara 4 Y
Calum Chambers 84 Y
Lucas Digne 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli
Defender Benoît Badiashile
Defender Trevoh Chalobah
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Mason Mount
Midfielder/Forward Carney Chukwuemeka
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Christian Pulisic

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo
Goalkeeper James Wright
Defender Diego Carlos
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Leander Dendoncker
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Midfielder Leon Bailey
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré
Forward Jhon Durán

Comments:

League position: 11th . After seven months in charge, manager Graham Potter was sacked on the day after this game. Chelsea won 12 of his 31 games in all competitions (38.7%). . The Blues had now lost ten or more of their first 28 games of a Premier League season for the first time since 1997-98. . They had now scored 12 goals in 16 games in all competitions so far in 2023. . Kepa Arrizabalaga became the sixth goalkeeper to make 100 appearances for the Blues in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 9th . Aston Villa were now unbeaten in five consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2020. . Ollie Watkins became the first player to score in five consecutive away games in the top division for Villa since Tony Hateley in League Division One in September 1964. . Emiliano Martínez became the fifth goalkeeper to make 100 appearances for Villa in the Premier League.

0 Chelsea

Manager: Graham Potter

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Ben Chilwell
Defender Kalidou Koulibaly
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Defender/Midfielder Reece James
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Midfielder/Forward Kai Havertz
Midfielder/Forward João Félix
Midfielder/Forward Mykhailo Mudryk

Substitutions:

N'Golo Kanté for Ruben Loftus-Cheek 57
Noni Madueke for Mykhailo Mudryk 57
Conor Gallagher for Mateo Kovačić 80
Christian Pulisic for Marc Cucurella 80

Cards:

Mateo Kovačić 39 Y
Ben Chilwell 54 Y
Enzo Fernández 68 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli
Defender Benoît Badiashile
Defender Trevoh Chalobah
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Mason Mount
Midfielder/Forward Carney Chukwuemeka
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Christian Pulisic

Comments:

League position: 11th . After seven months in charge, manager Graham Potter was sacked on the day after this game. Chelsea won 12 of his 31 games in all competitions (38.7%). . The Blues had now lost ten or more of their first 28 games of a Premier League season for the first time since 1997-98. . They had now scored 12 goals in 16 games in all competitions so far in 2023. . Kepa Arrizabalaga became the sixth goalkeeper to make 100 appearances for the Blues in the Premier League.

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Ollie Watkins 18 G
John McGinn 56 G

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Tyrone Mings Defender
Alex Moreno Defender/Midfielder
Boubacar Kamara Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Ashley Young Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Emi Buendía Midfielder
Douglas Luiz Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Jacob Ramsey Midfielder
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Calum Chambers for Boubacar Kamara 46
Leon Bailey for Emi Buendía 76
Leander Dendoncker for Douglas Luiz 87
Lucas Digne for Alex Moreno 89

Cards:

Boubacar Kamara 4 Y
Calum Chambers 84 Y
Lucas Digne 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo
Goalkeeper James Wright
Defender Diego Carlos
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Leander Dendoncker
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Midfielder Leon Bailey
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré
Forward Jhon Durán

Comments:

League position: 9th . Aston Villa were now unbeaten in five consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2020. . Ollie Watkins became the first player to score in five consecutive away games in the top division for Villa since Tony Hateley in League Division One in September 1964. . Emiliano Martínez became the fifth goalkeeper to make 100 appearances for Villa in the Premier League.