Game #4741
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 December 2002


Lost
15th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 38,284
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Chelsea
2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 December 2002
🟨 | 30’ Booking, Steve Staunton
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Eidur Guðjohnsen
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 51’ Booking, Dion Dublin
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Frank Lampard
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Mark Kinsella
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Öyvind Leonhardsen, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🟨 | 76’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not reported
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 December 2002
Villa lose for the 3rd time in 4 in all competitions to leave them with 6 wins in q9 Premier League games under Graham Taylor as they remain 15th in the table.
Villa fail to score for the 11th time in 19 Premier League games under Graham Taylor.
Villa fall to their 15th defeat in 32 League games under Graham Taylor.
Villa have now won 9 of their last 32 League games under Graham Taylor.
Dion Dublin suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 146th appearance (120 Starts) to make it W54 D42 L50, 47 Goals, 17 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.28 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Saturday, 21 December 2002
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🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 40 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 9 🟥 18 | 1.20
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 16
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 7
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 Jan 02, Villa 1-2 Sunderland (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Steve Staunton
🟨 Dion Dublin
🟨 Lee Hendrie
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Mustapha Hadji and Steve Staunton replace Ulises de la Cruz and Ronny Johnsen.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.79 |
Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.94 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.73 |
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Claudio Ranieri | 🇮🇹 |

Chelsea
GK Carlo Cudicini | 🇮🇹 |
LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 |
CB William Gallas | 🇫🇷 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
RB Mario Melchiot | 🇳🇱 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Jody Morris | 🏴 |
W Boudewijn Zenden | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
W Mario Stanić | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Eidur Guðjohnsen | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ |
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 61’ |
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 61’ |
🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 62’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Boudewijn Zenden | 🇳🇱 | (LB Celestine Babayaro | 🇳🇬 |)
🔁 | W Mario Stanić | 🇭🇷 | (W Jesper Grønkjær | 🇩🇰 |)
🔁 | CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 🇳🇱 | (F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 |)

🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ed de Goey | 🇳🇱 |
RB Albert Ferrer | 🇪🇸 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | | 19 | 5* | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8* | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 24* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNAVAILABLE

Not reported
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 21 Dec 2002, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH REPORTS






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