Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009
Result
Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea: match report
Aston Villa lost to Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 February 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Nicolas Anelka of Chelsea in the 19th minute.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 3rd on 51 points from 25 and Chelsea 4th on 49 points from 25. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 5 draws and 4 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Chelsea's D-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
- 53'Yellow card · Carlos Cuellar
- 84'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
- 85'Yellow card · José Bosingwa
- 90'Yellow card · John Terry
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Young, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé