Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007
Result
Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa: match report
Chelsea drew with Aston Villa 4-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-2.
Shaun Maloney opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Andriy Shevchenko (45', penalty), Andriy Shevchenko (50'), Alex (66') and Michael Ballack (88'). Aston Villa scored through Shaun Maloney (14'), Shaun Maloney (44'), Martin Laursen (72') and Gareth Barry (90+2', penalty).
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 37 points from 18 and Aston Villa 8th on 29 points from 18. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 60.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Shaun Maloney
- 19'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 44'Goal · Shaun Maloney
- 45'Red card · Zat Knight
- 45'Penalty goal · Andriy Shevchenko
- 50'Goal · Andriy Shevchenko
- 55'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-Coker
- 66'Goal · Alex
- 72'Goal · Martin Laursen
- 80'Red card · Ricardo Carvalho
- 88'Goal · Michael Ballack
- 90+1'Red card · Ashley Cole
- 90+2'Yellow card · Alex
- 90+2'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
- 90+2'Yellow card · Marlon Harewood
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Gareth Barry
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Alex, Joe Cole, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Andriy Shevchenko
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg, Shaun Maloney