Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2016
Result
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2016, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea: match report
Aston Villa were beaten by Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 April 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Aston Villa did not score. Chelsea scored through Ruben Loftus-Cheek (26'), Alexandre Pato (45+3', penalty), Pedro (46') and Pedro (59').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 20th on 17 points from 31 and Chelsea 8th on 45 points from 30. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 20th with 19 points, and Chelsea 9th with 54.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro of Chelsea (9.1), ahead of César Azpilicueta (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 7 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Ruben Loftus-Cheek
- 28'Yellow card · Idrissa Gueye
- 29'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 45+2'Yellow card · Aly Cissokho
- 45+3'Penalty goal · Alexandre Pato
- 46'Goal · Pedro
- 59'Goal · Pedro
- 61'Yellow card · Carlos Sánchez
- 78'Yellow card · Alan Hutton
- 85'Second yellow · Alan Hutton
- 87'Yellow card · Ashley Westwood
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Aly Cissokho, Idrissa Gueye, Carlos Sánchez, Ashley Westwood, Carles Gil, Rudy Gestede, Jordan Ayew
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Matt Miazga, Branislav Ivanović, Abdul Rahman Baba, John Mikel Obi, Cesc Fàbregas, Pedro, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Kenedy, Loïc Rémy