Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Monday 28 December 2020
Result
Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Monday 28 December 2020, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa: match report
Chelsea drew with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Premier League on Monday 28 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Olivier Giroud (34'). Aston Villa scored through Anwar El Ghazi (50').
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 8th on 25 points from 15 and Aston Villa 7th on 25 points from 13. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Aston Villa 11th with 55.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to N'Golo Kanté of Chelsea (7.8), level with Matty Cash (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Aston Villa's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 45+2'Yellow card · César Azpilicueta
- 50'Goal · Anwar El Ghazi
- 71'Yellow card · Anwar El Ghazi
- 71'Yellow card · Olivier Giroud
- 74'Yellow card · N'Golo Kanté
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Ross Barkley
- Hakim Ziyech
- Kalidou Koulibaly
- Wesley Moraes
- Wesley Fofana
- Leander Dendoncker
- Morgan Sanson
- Lucas Digne
- Kurt Zouma
- Reece James
- Mahmoud Trezeguet
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Edouard Mendy, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rüdiger, Ben Chilwell, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Mason Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Kortney Hause, Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Bertrand Traoré, Jack Grealish, Anwar El Ghazi, Ollie Watkins