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Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea - May 23, 2021 / Premier League 2020/2021

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Premier League 2020/2021 - Journée 38

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

May 23, 2021 - 16:00

10 000

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Chelsea

Assist by Matt Targett (left foot) Bertrand Traoré

43'

(penalty) Anwar El Ghazi

52'

70'

Benjamin Chilwell (left foot) Assist by Christian Pulisic

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43' - Goal Bertrand Traoré43

45' - Yellow card Jorginho photo Timo Werner

45' - Yellow card Timo Werner

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46' - Substitution Edouard Mendyis substituted by Kepa Arrizabalaga

49' - Yellow card Mateo Kovacic

52' - Goal Anwar El Ghazi52

60' - Substitution Jorginhois substituted by Hakim Ziyech

65' - Yellow card John McGinn65

66' - Substitution Mateo Kovacicis substituted by Kai Havertz

70' - Goal Benjamin Chilwell

73' - Substitution Bertrand Traoréis substituted by Carney Chukwuemeka73

75' - Yellow card Matt Targett photo Marvelous Nakamba

75' - Yellow card Marvelous Nakamba75

79' - Substitution Anwar El Ghaziis substituted by Jacob Ramsey79

81' - Yellow card Emiliano Martinez81

89' - Red card César Azpilicueta

95' - Yellow card Kepa Arrizabalaga

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Chelsea

Aston Villa Chelsea

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Watkins

Ollie Watkins

England

B.date30/12/1995

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

21El Ghazi5279

Anwar El Ghazi

Netherlands

B.date03/05/1995

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight Winger

10Grealish

Jack Grealish

England

B.date10/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m75

positionSecond striker

15Traoré4373

Bertrand Traoré

Burkina Faso

B.date06/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m81

positionRight Winger

19Nakamba75

Marvelous Nakamba

Zimbabwe

B.date19/01/1994

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

7McGinn65

John McGinn

Scotland

B.date18/10/1994

Age26 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Midfielder

18Targett75

Matt Targett

England

B.date18/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

5Mings

Tyrone Mings

England

B.date13/03/1993

Age28 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

30Hause

Kortney Hause

England

B.date16/07/1995

Age25 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

4Konsa

Ezri Konsa

England

B.date23/10/1997

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

26Martinez81

Emiliano Martinez

Argentina

B.date02/09/1992

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Emiliano Martinez	81	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Tyrone Mings		28	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Kortney Hause		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ezri Konsa		23	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Matt Targett	75	25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Marvelous Nakamba	75	27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	John McGinn	65	26	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Bertrand Traoré	4373	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Anwar El Ghazi	5279	26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Ollie Watkins		25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jack Grealish		25	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Werner45

Timo Werner

Germany

B.date06/03/1996

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

19Mount

Mason Mount

England

B.date10/01/1999

Age22 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

10Pulisic

Christian Pulisic

United States

B.date18/09/1998

Age22 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

5Jorginho6045

Jorginho

Italy

B.date20/12/1991

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

17Kovacic6649

Mateo Kovacic

Croatia

B.date06/05/1994

Age27 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

21Chilwell70

Benjamin Chilwell

England

B.date21/12/1996

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

28Azpilicueta89

César Azpilicueta

Spain

B.date28/08/1989

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

2Rüdiger

Antonio Rüdiger

Germany

B.date03/03/1993

Age28 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

6Thiago Silva

Thiago Silva

Brazil

B.date22/09/1984

Age36 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

24James

Reece James

England

B.date08/12/1999

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

16Mendy46

Edouard Mendy

Senegal

B.date01/03/1992

Age29 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Edouard Mendy	46	29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Thiago Silva		36	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Antonio Rüdiger		28	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	César Azpilicueta	89	31	427	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Benjamin Chilwell	70	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Reece James		21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Jorginho	6045	29	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Mateo Kovacic	6649	27	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Mason Mount		22	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Christian Pulisic		22	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Timo Werner	45	25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tom Heaton		35
3	D	Neil Taylor		32
27	D	Ahmed El Mohamady		33
60	M	Carney Chukwuemeka	73	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Douglas Luiz		23
41	M	Jacob Ramsey	79	19	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
52	F	Jaden Philogene		19
39	F	Keinan Davis		23
9	F	Wesley Moraes		24

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Kepa Arrizabalaga	4695	26	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Andreas Christensen		25
15	D	Kurt Zouma		26
3	D	Marcos Alonso		30
29	M	Kai Havertz	66	21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Billy Gilmour		19
22	M	Hakim Ziyech	60	28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Callum Hudson-Odoi		20
18	F	Olivier Giroud		34

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mateo Kovacic

N'Golo Kanté

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dean Smith

126

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Smith vs Chelsea

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on May 23, 2021

Smith vs Tuchel

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 23, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Thomas Tuchel

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Tuchel vs Aston Villa

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 23, 2021

Tuchel vs Smith

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 23, 2021

Referee

Stuart Attwell

9 victories	4 draws	3 losses	Aston Villa16 matches	General total	Chelsea22 matches	5 victories	12 draws	5 losses
2 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Aston Villa4 matches	Season total	Chelsea5 matches	0 victory	3 draws	2 losses
Latest figure on December 30, 2023					Latest figure on October 07, 2023

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Marvelous Nakamba played his game number 50 in his professional career with Aston Villa

It's the first time Bertrand Traoré scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in his professional career

End of streak for Aston Villa after 6 consecutive matches without a win vs Chelsea (since 27/09/2014). It was the best streak for the club since 11/09/2004-02/01/2007 (7 matches).

Read the next 7 key stats

General ranking

+1	9	Leeds United	59 pts	38 rd
-2	10	Everton	59 pts	38 rd
	11	Aston Villa	55 pts	38 rd
+3	12	Newcastle United	45 pts	38 rd
-1	13	Wolverhampton	45 pts	38 rd

General ranking

	2	Manchester United	74 pts	38 rd
+1	3	Liverpool	69 pts	38 rd
-1	4	Chelsea	67 pts	38 rd
	5	Leicester	66 pts	38 rd
	6	West Ham	65 pts	38 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 0-2 Tottenham21/03/2021

VAston Villa 3-1 Fulham04/04/2021

LAston Villa 1-2 Manchester City21/04/2021

DAston Villa 2-2 West Bromwich Albion25/04/2021

LAston Villa 1-3 Manchester United09/05/2021

DAston Villa 0-0 Everton13/05/2021

Overall

DAston Villa 2-2 West Bromwich Albion25/04/2021

VEverton 1-2 Aston Villa01/05/2021

LAston Villa 1-3 Manchester United09/05/2021

DAston Villa 0-0 Everton13/05/2021

LCrystal Palace 3-2 Aston Villa16/05/2021

VTottenham 1-2 Aston Villa19/05/2021

Current form

Away

VLiverpool 0-1 Chelsea04/03/2021

DLeeds United 0-0 Chelsea13/03/2021

VCrystal Palace 1-4 Chelsea10/04/2021

VWest Ham 0-1 Chelsea24/04/2021

DReal Madrid 1-1 Chelsea27/04/2021

VManchester City 1-2 Chelsea08/05/2021

Overall

VChelsea 2-0 Fulham01/05/2021

VChelsea 2-0 Real Madrid05/05/2021

VManchester City 1-2 Chelsea08/05/2021

LChelsea 0-1 Arsenal12/05/2021

LChelsea 0-1 Leicester15/05/2021

VChelsea 2-1 Leicester18/05/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	1
Drawless streak	1	6
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	3
14	General ranking (Home / Away)	6
94	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	6
13	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
15	Victories (Competition total)	19
6	Victories (Home / Away)	10
7	Draws (Competition total)	10
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
15	Losses (Competition total)	8
8	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	57
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	26
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.89

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	18
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (4 times)

Bookings

63	Yellow cards (Competition total)	45
27	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
4	Red cards (Competition total)	2
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ollie Watkins	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Jorginho
Ollie Watkins	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Mason Mount
Anwar El Ghazi	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	7 penalties	Jorginho
Anwar El Ghazi	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Jorginho
Jack Grealish	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	8 assists	Timo Werner
Jack Grealish	6 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Timo Werner
Ollie Watkins	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Jorginho

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

34 v

20 d

20 l

129 gf

103 ga

Away

78 matches

22 v

15 d

41 l

91 gf

135 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

154 matches

56 v

35 d

63 l

220 gf

242 ga

Historical head to head

Home

78 matches

41 v

15 d

22 l

135 gf

91 ga

Away

74 matches

20 v

20 d

34 l

103 gf

129 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Total

154 matches

63 v

35 d

56 l

242 gf

220 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 15, 1952
Home	7 - 1	April 15, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	December 23, 2012
Away	4 - 0	April 02, 2016

Latest head to head

December 28, 2020 - Premier League 2020/2021

Chelsea

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

June 21, 2020 - Premier League 2019/2020

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Chelsea

December 04, 2019 - Premier League 2019/2020

Chelsea

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 02, 2016 - Premier League 2015/2016

Aston Villa

0 - 4

Chelsea

October 17, 2015 - Premier League 2015/2016

Chelsea

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tony Hateley	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Darius Vassell	2 goals	2002 - 2004
Gordon Cowans	2 goals	1978 - 1990
Marcus Allbäck	2 goals	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Frank Lampard	14 goals	2002 - 2013
Robert Tambling	12 goals	1961 - 1967
Didier Drogba	6 goals	2006 - 2011
Tore André Flo	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Branislav Ivanovic	5 goals	2012 - 2015
Jimmy Greaves	5 goals	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Gareth Barry	22 matches	1998 - 2009
Gabriel Agbonlahor	18 matches	2006 - 2015
Steve Staunton	17 matches	1991 - 2003
Alan Wright	16 matches	1995 - 2002
Ian Taylor	16 matches	1994 - 2001
Olof Mellberg	15 matches	2002 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

John Terry	29 matches	1998 - 2015
Frank Lampard	26 matches	2002 - 2013
Petr Cech	20 matches	2004 - 2014
Dennis Wise	16 matches	1990 - 2001
Peter Bonetti	15 matches	1960 - 1979
Ashley Cole	13 matches	2006 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Mark Bosnich

223 matches

7 matches

1992 - 2001

Andy Townsend

173 matches

111 matches

1990 - 1997

Kenny Swain

157 matches

58 matches

1974 - 1982

Tony Hateley

129 matches

33 matches

1963 - 1967

Tony Dorigo

111 matches

108 matches

1984 - 1991

Steve Sidwell

64 matches

24 matches

2007 - 2010

Total : 23 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

John Terry

36 matches

717 matches

1998 - 2018

Gary Cahill

31 matches

290 matches

2005 - 2019

Joe Cole

16 matches

279 matches

2003 - 2015

Andy Townsend

173 matches

111 matches

1990 - 1997

Tony Dorigo

111 matches

108 matches

1984 - 1991

George Graham

8 matches

102 matches

1963 - 1966

Total : 23 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester City	86	38	27	5	6	83	32	+51
2	Manchester United	74	38	21	11	6	73	44	+29
+13	Liverpool	69	38	20	9	9	68	42	+26
-14	Chelsea	67	38	19	10	9	58	36	+22
5	Leicester	66	38	20	6	12	68	50	+18
6	West Ham	65	38	19	8	11	62	47	+15
7	Tottenham	62	38	18	8	12	68	45	+23
+18	Arsenal	61	38	18	7	13	55	39	+16
+19	Leeds United	59	38	18	5	15	62	54	+8
-210	Everton	59	38	17	8	13	47	48	-1
11	Aston Villa	55	38	16	7	15	55	46	+9
+312	Newcastle United	45	38	12	9	17	46	62	-16
-113	Wolverhampton	45	38	12	9	17	36	52	-16
-114	Crystal Palace	44	38	12	8	18	41	66	-25
-115	Southampton	43	38	12	7	19	47	68	-21
16	Brighton & Hove	41	38	9	14	15	40	46	-6
17	Burnley	39	38	10	9	19	33	55	-22
18	Fulham	28	38	5	13	20	27	53	-26
19	West Bromwich Albion	26	38	5	11	22	35	76	-41
20	Sheffield United	23	38	7	2	29	20	63	-43

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Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea - May 23, 2021 / Premier League 2020/2021

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Chelsea

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Smith vs Chelsea

Smith vs Tuchel

Manager

Tuchel vs Aston Villa

Tuchel vs Smith

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking