BIRMINGHAM. Chelsea beat Aston Villa 3-1 thanks to J. who scored in the 34th and 90th minute. It was Aston Villa to score first with a goal from R. James. Nonetheless, later Chelsea found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with Jorginho (34′), R. Lukaku (56′) and Jorginho (90′). Chelsea capitalized on its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Martin Atkinson who had the assistance of Lee Betts and Constantine Hatzidakis. The 4th official was Michael Salisbury. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.5 degrees Celsius or 70.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Chelsea had a strong ball possession 58% while Aston Villa was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Chelsea was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chelsea won the encounter.​

Aston Villa shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Chelsea shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards (E. Martinez, T. Mings and E. Konsa). On the other side, Chelsea received 1 yellow card (M. Alonso).

Standings

After this encounter, Aston Villa will stay with 22 points like Leicester City to sit in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Chelsea will have 41 points like Liverpool to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Aston Villa will play away against Everton on the 22nd of January with a 9-8 head to head record in favor of Aston Villa (11 draws).

Chelsea will host Tottenham Hotspur on the 23rd of January with a 19-7 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (12 draws).

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Steven Gerrard decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez (5.8), Matty Cash (6.7), Ezri Konsa (6.5), Tyrone Mings (6.2), Matt Targett (7.0), Morgan Sanson (7.6), Douglas Luiz (6.9), Jacob Ramsey (6.9), Emiliano Buendía (6.3), Danny Ings (6.6) and Ollie Watkins (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Keinan Davis, Axel Tuanzebe, Trezeguet, Bertrand Traoré (6.1), Carney Chukwuemeka (6.2), Jed Steer, Kortney Hause, Tim Iroegbunam and Anwar El Ghazi (6.2).

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 3 changes: D. Ings for B. Traore (73′), E. Buendia for C. Chukwuemeka (74′) and M. Sanson for A. El-Ghazi (76′).

Best player: Morgan Sanson​

The most impressive player for Aston Villa was Morgan Sanson.

His rating is (7.6) with 29 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 14.

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Thomas Tuchel played with: Edouard Mendy (6.2), Trevoh Chalobah (6.9), Thiago Silva (7.6), Antonio Rüdiger (7.2), Reece James (7.1), N’Golo Kanté (7.4), Jorginho (8.6), Marcos Alonso (6.5), Mason Mount (6.8), Callum Hudson-Odoi (7.5) and Christian Pulišić (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Andreas Christensen (7.0), Hakim Ziyech, Malang Sarr, César Azpilicueta, Mateo Kovačić (7.1), Kepa Arrizabalaga, Saúl Ñíguez, Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku (7.5).

Chelsea could not rely on the presence of A. Christensen (injured).

Substitutions

Chelsea made 3 changes: T. Chalobah for R. Lukaku (46′), T. Silva for A. Christensen (52′) and N. Kante for M. Kovacic (63′).

Best player: Jorginho​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Chelsea was Jorginho.

His rating is (8.6) with 2 goals, 63 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Aston Villa – Chelsea – 1-3
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Brentford – 2-0
• Manchester City – Leicester City – 6-3
• Norwich City – Arsenal – 0-5
• Tottenham Hotspur – Crystal Palace – 3-0
• West Ham United – Southampton – 2-3