Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 December 2025

Result

Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 27 December 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

João Pedro opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Chelsea's goal came from João Pedro (37'). Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (63') and Ollie Watkins (84').

Discipline: Chelsea received 5 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 29 points from 17 and Aston Villa 3rd on 36 points from 17. Chelsea went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Aston Villa 4th with 65.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Reece James (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
  • 37'Goal · João PedroChelsea · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Reece JamesChelsea
  • 57'Yellow card · Morgan RogersAston Villa
  • 63'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Trevoh ChalobahChelsea
  • 71'Yellow card · Moisés CaicedoChelsea
  • 71'Yellow card · Liam DelapChelsea
  • 78'Yellow card · Boubacar KamaraAston Villa
  • 84'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 1-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Enzo FernándezChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 2, Aston Villa 4.

Team news

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

Robert Sánchez, Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah, Benoît Badiashile, Marc Cucurella, M. Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, Alejandro Garnacho, João Pedro

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Victor Lindelöf, Ian Maatsen, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, Emiliano Buendía, Donyell Malen, Morgan Rogers