Chelsea v Aston Villa, 28 December 2020

Score1-1
RefereeStuart Attwell
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStamford Bridge

View Chelsea v Aston Villa head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 51 Chelsea won: 26 Drawn: 13 Aston Villa won: 12 Chelsea scored: 84 Aston Vila scored: 49 This was the first draw in the last 13 meetings (all Premier League).

1 Chelsea

Manager: Frank Lampard

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

Goals:

Olivier Giroud 34 G

Goals:

Anwar El Ghazi 50 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy
Defender Ben Chilwell
Defender Andreas Christensen
Defender Antonio Rüdiger
Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta
Midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Mason Mount
Midfielder/Forward Christian Pulisic
Forward Olivier Giroud

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Kortney Hause Defender
Matt Targett Defender
Matty Cash Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Douglas Luiz Midfielder
Anwar El Ghazi Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Jack Grealish Midfielder/Forward
Bertrand Traoré Midfielder/Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Kai Havertz for Jorginho 72
Timo Werner for Olivier Giroud 72

Substitutions:

Jacob Ramsey for Anwar El Ghazi 81
Keinan Davis for Bertrand Traoré 87

Cards:

César Azpilicueta 45 Y
Olivier Giroud 71 Y
N'Golo Kanté 74 Y

Cards:

Anwar El Ghazi 71 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Emerson
Defender Thiago Silva
Defender Fikayo Tomori
Midfielder Billy Gilmour
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder/Forward Kai Havertz
Forward Tammy Abraham
Forward Timo Werner

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Björn Engels
Defender Frederic Guilbert
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Conor Hourihane
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Keinan Davis

Comments:

League position: 6th Chelsea had now won one of their last six games in all competitions (lost three). Olivier Giroud had now scored in each of his last seven appearances against Aston Villa in the Premier League (nine goals). This was the 100th league game of Frank Lampard’s managerial career (won 47, lost 28).

Comments:

League position: 5th Aston Villa were now unbeaten in their last five games in the Premier League (won three). Anwar El Ghazi became the first player to score in three consecutive appearances in the Premier League for Villa since Tom Cleverley in May 2015. Villa failed in their attempt to keep clean sheets in five consecutive games in the top division for the first time since September 1998 in League Division One.

1 Chelsea

Manager: Frank Lampard

Goals:

Olivier Giroud 34 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy
Defender Ben Chilwell
Defender Andreas Christensen
Defender Antonio Rüdiger
Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta
Midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Mason Mount
Midfielder/Forward Christian Pulisic
Forward Olivier Giroud

Substitutions:

Kai Havertz for Jorginho 72
Timo Werner for Olivier Giroud 72

Cards:

César Azpilicueta 45 Y
Olivier Giroud 71 Y
N'Golo Kanté 74 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Emerson
Defender Thiago Silva
Defender Fikayo Tomori
Midfielder Billy Gilmour
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder/Forward Kai Havertz
Forward Tammy Abraham
Forward Timo Werner

Comments:

League position: 6th Chelsea had now won one of their last six games in all competitions (lost three). Olivier Giroud had now scored in each of his last seven appearances against Aston Villa in the Premier League (nine goals). This was the 100th league game of Frank Lampard’s managerial career (won 47, lost 28).

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

Goals:

Anwar El Ghazi 50 G

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Kortney Hause Defender
Matt Targett Defender
Matty Cash Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Douglas Luiz Midfielder
Anwar El Ghazi Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Jack Grealish Midfielder/Forward
Bertrand Traoré Midfielder/Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Jacob Ramsey for Anwar El Ghazi 81
Keinan Davis for Bertrand Traoré 87

Cards:

Anwar El Ghazi 71 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Björn Engels
Defender Frederic Guilbert
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Conor Hourihane
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Keinan Davis

Comments:

League position: 5th Aston Villa were now unbeaten in their last five games in the Premier League (won three). Anwar El Ghazi became the first player to score in three consecutive appearances in the Premier League for Villa since Tom Cleverley in May 2015. Villa failed in their attempt to keep clean sheets in five consecutive games in the top division for the first time since September 1998 in League Division One.