Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2015

Result

Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa: match report

Chelsea defeated Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 October 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Diego Costa opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Diego Costa (34') and an own goal by Alan Hutton (54'). Aston Villa did not score.

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 13th on 10 points from 8 and Aston Villa 18th on 5 points from 8. Chelsea went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (8.1), level with Diego Costa (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Diego CostaChelsea · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Jordan AyewAston Villa
  • 54'Own goal · Alan HuttonChelsea · 2-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonAston Villa
  • 74'Yellow card · WillianChelsea
  • 85'Yellow card · Jack GrealishAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 2, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Asmir Begović, César Azpilicueta, Kurt Zouma, John Terry, Abdul Rahman Baba, Ramires, Cesc Fàbregas, Willian, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Pedro, Diego Costa

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Kieran Richardson, Ashley Westwood, Idrissa Gueye, Carles Gil, Jack Grealish, Jordan Ayew, Rudy Gestede