Game #4827
Aston Villa
Sunday, 26 December 2004


Lost
10th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,950
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Chelsea
1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 26 December 2004
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Damien Duff
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Mark Delaney, Sub on, Nolberto Solano
🟨 | 59’ Booking, Nolberto Solano
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Liam Ridgewell
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Luke Moore
🟨 | 82’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
🕒 | FT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
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
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 26 December 2004
Villa lose for the fourth time in five winless games as they are beaten at Stamford Bridge to leave them 10th in the Premier League under David O'Leary having sat 5th five games earlier.
Ulises de la Cruz makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (56 Starts) to make it W30 D19 L26, 2 Goals, 6 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Mathieu Berson makes his 1st start in a Villa shirt (4 Appearances) to make it W1 D1 L2 so far in his Villa career.
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 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
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Sunday, 26 December 2004
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🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Peter Walton | 🏴 | Northamptonshire, 1998-2012
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 66 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 18 🟥 21 | 1.52
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Walton | 🏴 | Northamptonshire, 1998-2012
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 2 Oct 04, Villa 2-2 Blackburn (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Nolberto Solano
🟨 Liam Ridgewell
🟨 Olof Mellberg
CARDS

🟨 John Terry
🟨 Tiago Mendes
🟨 Arjen Robben
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Lee Hendrie Mathieu Berson (first start of the season) and Liam Ridgwell (first start in 9) replace Jlloyd Samuel, Gavin McCann and Nolberto Solano.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.56 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 30.41 |
Youngest Player |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | 20.00 |
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Steven Davis | 🏴 |
M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
MANAGER
José Mourinho | 🇵🇹 |

Chelsea
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
LB Wayne Bridge | 🏴 |
CB William Gallas | 🇫🇷 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Paulo Ferreira | 🇵🇹 |
M Claude Makélélé | 🇫🇷 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
M Tiago Mendes | 🇵🇹 | 🟨 |
W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Arjen Robben | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Eidur Guðjohnsen | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🟨 | for RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 | (M Aleksey Smertin | 🇷🇺 |)
🔁 | W Arjen Robben | 🇳🇱 | (RB Glen Johnson | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Eidur Guðjohnsen | 🇮🇸 | (CF Didier Drogba | 🇨🇮 |)

🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Václav Drobný | 🇨🇿 |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Carlo Cudicini | 🇮🇹 |
CF Mateja Kezman | 🇷🇸 |
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
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | | 29 | 1* | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 8* | - | - | 3* | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 100* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 7/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 26 Dec 2004, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH REPORTS






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