Chelsea 3-3 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 2 January 2011
Result
Chelsea 3-3 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 2 January 2011, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 3-3 Aston Villa: match report
Chelsea drew with Aston Villa 3-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 January 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Frank Lampard (23', penalty), Didier Drogba (83') and John Terry (89'). Aston Villa scored through A. Young (41', penalty), Emile Heskey (47') and Ciaran Clark (90+2').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 34 points from 19 and Aston Villa 16th on 20 points from 19. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Aston Villa 9th with 48.
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.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-D-D-D and Aston Villa's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Stiliyan Petrov
- 22'Yellow card · Brad Friedel
- 23'Penalty goal · Frank Lampard
- 23'Yellow card · James Collins
- 28'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-Coker
- 39'Yellow card · Ramires
- 41'Penalty goal · A. Young
- 42'Yellow card · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 45'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 47'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 49'Yellow card · Emile Heskey
- 76'Yellow card · John Terry
- 83'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 89'Goal · John Terry
- 90+2'Goal · Ciaran Clark
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanović, Alex, Paulo Ferreira, Ramires, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Ciaran Clark, James Collins, Stewart Downing, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar