Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2008
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa: match report
Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 October 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Joe Cole opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Chelsea's goals came from Joe Cole (21') and Nicolas Anelka (44'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 14 points from 6 and Aston Villa 4th on 13 points from 6. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.
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 3 Chelsea wins, 5 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-D-W and Aston Villa's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Joe Cole
- 44'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
- 68'Yellow card · Carlos Cuellar
- 78'Yellow card · Stiliyan Petrov
- 85'Yellow card · Nicky Shorey
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Young, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel