Aston Villa 1-3 Chelsea: result and report

Aston Villa 1-3 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2021, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Aston Villa were beaten by Chelsea 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Aston Villa's goal came from an own goal by Reece James (28'). Chelsea scored through Jorginho (34', penalty), Romelu Lukaku (56') and Jorginho (90+3', penalty).

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 9th on 22 points from 17 and Chelsea 3rd on 38 points from 18. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 74.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jorginho of Chelsea (8.7), ahead of Romelu Lukaku (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 2 draws and 7 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Chelsea's D-D-W-L-W.