Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 February 2025
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 22 February 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Aston Villa defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 February 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.
Enzo Fernández opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Marco Asensio (57') and Marco Asensio (89'). Chelsea scored through Enzo Fernández (9').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 10th on 39 points from 26 and Chelsea 6th on 43 points from 25. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Chelsea 4th with 69.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Asensio of Aston Villa (8.4), level with Marcus Rashford (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 4 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-D-L-D-D and Chelsea's L-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Enzo Fernández
- 56'Yellow card · Enzo Fernández
- 57'Goal · Marco Asensio
- 69'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 72'Yellow card · Christopher Nkunku
- 89'Goal · Marco Asensio
- 89'Yellow card · Moisés Caicedo
Head-to-head
Team news
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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Marco Asensio, Jacob Ramsey, Ollie Watkins
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Filip Jørgensen, Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, M. Caicedo, Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernández, Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto