LONDON. Chelsea demolishes Aston Villa 3-0. R. Lukaku (15′), M. Kovacic (49′) and R. Lukaku (90′). Chelsea took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stamford Bridge stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Stuart Attwell that was helped by Daniel Cook and Simon Long. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.8 degrees Celsius or 67.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Chelsea started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up. On the other side, Aston Villa adopted for a 5-3-2 formation.
Chelsea – Formation
Chelsea
61'
46'
49'
Thomas Tuchel decided to play with the following team: Edouard Mendy , Trevoh Chalobah , Thiago Silva , Antonio Rüdiger , Callum Hudson-Odoi , Mateo Kovačić , Saúl Ñíguez , Marcos Alonso , Hakim Ziyech , Kai Havertz and Romelu Lukaku .
The home team had on the bench: Timo Werner , César Azpilicueta , Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho , Mason Mount, Ross Barkley, Andreas Christensen, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Ben Chilwell.
Best player: Edouard Mendy
The player that probably impressed the most for Chelsea was the goalkeeper: Edouard Mendy. His rating is 8.45. He performed 0 saves.
Aston Villa – Formation
Aston Villa
On the other side, Dean Tuchel played with: Jed Steer , Matty Cash , Ezri Konsa , Axel Tuanzebe , Tyrone Mings , Matt Targett , Jacob Ramsey , Douglas Luiz , John McGinn , Danny Ings and Ollie Watkins .
They had on the bench: Leon Bailey , Morgan Sanson, Bertrand Traoré , Marvelous Nakamba , Kortney Hause, Ashley Young, Anwar El Ghazi, Cameron Archer and Viljami Sinisalo.
Best player: John McGinn
The player that probably impressed the most for Aston Villa was John McGinn.
His rating is with 0 goals, 41 passes (73% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 12 crosses.
Match report
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 12 Total 18
- 4 On Target 6
- 8 Off Target 12
- 3 Shots blocked 7
- 80 Attack 117
- 32 Dangerous attack 68
- 107 Ball safe 87
- 12 Free Kicks 13
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 11
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Chelsea was in firm control of the ball 57% while Aston Villa was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Aston Villa was extremely more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Chelsea managed to find the solution to win this match.
Chelsea shoot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Aston Villa shoot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Chelsea received 1 yellow card (M. Alonso). On the other side, Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards (J. Ramsey, T. Mings, J. McGinn and M. Targett).
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, Chelsea will have 10 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Aston Villa will stay with 4 points to stay in the 12th place.
In the next match in the Premier League, Chelsea will play away Tottenham Hotspur on the 19th of September with a 18-7 head to head in favor of Chelsea (11 draw). Aston Villa will host Everton on the 18th of September with a 8-8 head to head record.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Crystal Palace – Tottenham Hotspur – 3-0
- Arsenal – Norwich City – 1-0
- Brentford – Brighton & Hove Albion – 0-1
- Leicester City – Manchester City – 0-1
- Manchester United – Newcastle United – 4-1
- Southampton – West Ham United – 0-0
- Watford – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 0-2
- Chelsea – Aston Villa – 3-0
