Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 23 May 2021
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 23 May 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Aston Villa defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Bertrand Traoré opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Bertrand Traoré (43') and Anwar El Ghazi (52', penalty). Chelsea scored through B. Chilwell (70').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 52 points from 37 and Chelsea 3rd on 67 points from 37. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 55 points, and Chelsea 4th with 67.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Chilwell of Chelsea (8.3), ahead of Emiliano Martínez (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 1 draw and 8 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Bertrand Traoré
- 45'Yellow card · Jorginho
- 45+2'Yellow card · Timo Werner
- 49'Yellow card · Mateo Kovacic
- 52'Penalty goal · Anwar El Ghazi
- 65'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 70'Goal · B. Chilwell
- 74'Yellow card · M. Nakamba
- 81'Yellow card · Emiliano Martínez
- 89'Red card · César Azpilicueta
- 90+5'Yellow card · Kepa Arrizabalaga
Head-to-head
Team news
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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Ezri Konsa, Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, John McGinn, Marvelous Nakamba, Bertrand Traoré, Jack Grealish, Anwar El Ghazi, Ollie Watkins
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Edouard Mendy, Reece James, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rüdiger, César Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Ben Chilwell, Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic, Timo Werner