Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2023
Result
Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa: match report
Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Chelsea did not score. Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (18') and John McGinn (56').
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 10th on 38 points from 27 and Aston Villa 11th on 38 points from 27. Chelsea went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Aston Villa 7th with 61.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emiliano Martínez of Aston Villa (8.9), ahead of Jacob Ramsey (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Aston Villa's W-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Boubacar Kamara
- 18'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 39'Yellow card · Mateo Kovacic
- 54'Yellow card · Ben Chilwell
- 56'Goal · John McGinn
- 68'Yellow card · Enzo Fernández
- 84'Yellow card · Calum Chambers
- 90+3'Yellow card · Lucas Digne
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Reece James, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Enzo Fernández, Mateo Kovacic, Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz, Mykhaylo Mudryk, João Félix
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Emiliano Martínez, Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Álex Moreno, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins