Game #5149
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Won
9th (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,332
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea
1-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Charles N'Zogbia | 28’ | Ciaran Clark | 83’ | Stephen Ireland | 86’ |
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 December 2011
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea, pen), Didier Drogba
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-1, Stephen Ireland, Assist by Charles N’Zogbia
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Charles N’Zogbia, Sub on, Darren Bent
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Marc Albrighton, Sub on, Gary Gardner
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 2-1, Stiliyan Petrov, Assist by Ciaran Clark
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Barry Bannan
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 3-1, Darren Bent, Assist by Stephen Ireland
🕒 | FT Chelsea 1-3 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 38%
Possession A | 62%
Shots F | 12
Shots A | 16
Shots on Target F | 9
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 9
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 7
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Villa deliver a stunning performance and result to end a difficult 2011 with Alex McLeish's fifth win in nineteen games as hopes grow for a more positive 2012.
Alex McLeish, having taken Villa into the top 10, had clearly brought progress to the club yet was a figure of far greater ire than even Houllier had been, despite the latter having Villa in 15th place at the same stage the previous season. His football wasn’t likely to win plaudits but objectively Villa, however distasteful for a lot of the support, were in a better place twelve months on. The question now was whether a foundation was there for a top ten finish and more football.
Villa have 5 Wins, 8 Draws and 6 Defeats under Alex McLeish with 19 games played to sit 9th in the table.
12 months previously Gérard Houllier had sat 15th and had tumbled to 18th by the first weekend of January.
Darren Bent scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 31st appearance (30 Starts) to make it W13 D10 L8, 15 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Carlos Cuéllar makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (107 Appearances) to make it W52 D27 L28, 3 Goals, 4 Assists, 15 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Cuéllar had made his 100th appearance back in February 2011.
Richard Dunne makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W37 D35 L28, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 15 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
After 16 months on Villa's books, a loan away and several periods in ostracism from first team selection, Stephen Ireland finally puts in a performance and helps Alex McLeish's Villa to their best win of the season on the final day of 2011. Stephen Ireland makes his 16th start in a Villa shirt (24 Appearances) and finally contributes something to make it W6 D7 L11, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Gary Gardner makes his Villa debut as a substitute to become the 840th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Off the pitch Stephen Ireland is sanctioned for an online image apparently showing him smoking from a hookah pipe - the latest player indiscretion of plenty this season.
Less than 12 months after facing their first ever £200m opposition (Chelsea - £200.39m), the Blues line up at Stamford Bridge having taken spending to yet new heights and field a side that had cost an astonishing £244.76m. Over a 20% increase in spending in just a year as the influx of new money continued to distort the League.
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: 2011-12
Aston Villa
Chelsea
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2011-12 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Saturday, 31 December 2011
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Alex McLeish | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2011-2012
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex McLeish | 🏴 | 2011-2012
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 21 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 8 🟥 7 | 1.24
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Matches Officiated: 38
🟩 : 13
🟨 : 10
🟥 : 15
🆘 : 4
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 Nov 11, Villa 0-2 Tottenham (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Sian Massey-Ellis, Jake Collin
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Stephen Ireland replaces Emile Heskey (injury).
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.42 |
Oldest Player |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 32.51 |
Youngest Player |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 22.13 |
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MANAGER
Alex McLeish | 🏴 | 2011-2012
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
André Villas-Boas | 🇵🇹 |
Chelsea
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 |
CB David Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Paulo Ferreira | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
M Oriol Romeu | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Ramires | 🇧🇷 |
M Juan Mata | 🇪🇸 |
M Raúl Meireles | 🇧🇷 |
CF Didier Drogba | 🇨🇮 | ⚽ |
CF Daniel Sturridge | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 F Darren Bent | 🏴 | ⚽ | for W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 78’ |
🔁 M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | for W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 78’ |
🔁 M Barry Bannan | 🏴 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Paulo Ferreira | 🇵🇹 | (RB Boswinga | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | M Oriol Romeu | 🇪🇸 | (M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Daniel Sturridge | 🏴 | (CF Fernando Torres | 🇪🇸 |)
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Andy Marshall | 🏴 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Ross Turnbull | 🏴 |
M Sam Hutchinson | 🏴 |
W Salomon Kalou | 🇨🇮 |
W Florent Malouda | 🇫🇷 |
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
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | | 31 | 1* | 15* | 2 | 13* | 10 | 8 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £56.70m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 7/18
SQUAD STATS
Villa face the most expensive line up in their history - a £240m Chelsea side.
Team Cost: £244.76m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
M Jermaine Jenas | 🏴 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 4 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | Olympiacos Piraeus
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 | Doncaster
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | Millwall
CB Shane Lowry | 🇦🇺 | Millwall
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 31 December 2011, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH REPORTS
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