Game #5162
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 March 2012


Lost
15th
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 34,740
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-4

Chelsea

Assist(s) | Eric Lichaj | 77’ | Marc Albrighton | 80’ |
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 March 2012
🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Daniel Sturridge
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea
🥅 | 51’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Branislav Ivanović
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Stephen Warnock
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Chris Herd, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 1-2, James Collins, Assist by Eric Lichaj
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 2-2, Eric Lichaj, Assist by Marc Albrighton
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Emile Heskey
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 2-3, (Chelsea), Branislav Ivanović
🥅 | 90’+2 Goal, 2-4, (Chelsea), Fernando Torres
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-4 Chelsea
Match Statistics
Possession F | 44%
Possession A | 56%
Shots F | 9
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 7
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 6
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
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Villa suffer consecutive defeats to make it seven wins in thirty Premier League games under Alex McLeish but the out-pouring of love for Stiliyan Petrov eclipses any on pitch troubles.
Alex McLeish's Villa suffer a second successive defeat as an injury ravaged side - with nine first team players absent - respond from two goals down to equalise only for fifth placed Chelsea to score two late goals.
After 30 games of a challenging Premier League campaign, Villa remained in 15th place, five points clear of the relegation places. A year previously, under Gérard Houllier, Villa had sat 14th, just a single point clear of the relegation places.
Marc Albrighton contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 68th appearance (41 Starts) to make it W22 D20 L26, 9 Goals, 11 Assists, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Andreas Weimann makes his 1st start in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance to make it W5 D3 L3, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Eric Lichaj contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W5 D2 L4, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Barry Bannan suffers his 20th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 47th appearance (24 Starts) to make it W14 D13 L20, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

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: 2011-12
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2011-12 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Game | #30 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 31 March 2012
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🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Alex McLeish | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2011-2012
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex McLeish | 🏴 | 2011-2012
🕒 34 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 12 🟥 13 | 1.15
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Stephen Warnock
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Eric Lichaj, Nathan Baker and Gary Gardner replace Carlos Cuéllar (injury), Emile Heskey, Stiliyan Petrov (illness), Alan Hutton (injury) and Marc Albrighton.
Meanwhile Alex McLeish, with 9 first team players out, names a very young bench featuring Daniel Johnson, Derrick Williams, Samir Carruthers and a 16 year old Jack Grealish who makes his first squad appearance for Villa.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.10 |
Oldest Player |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | 35.97 |
Youngest Player |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | 19.77 |
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MANAGER
Alex McLeish | 🏴 | 2011-2012

Aston Villa
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 |

Chelsea
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 |
CB David Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
RB Branislav Ivanović | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
M Juan Mata | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M John Mikel Obi | 🇳🇬 |
W Salomon Kalou | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
CF Fernando Torres | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |
CF Daniel Sturridge | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 🔥 | for M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | 70’ |
🔁 CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | for F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB David Luiz | 🇧🇷 | (CB Gary Cahill (ex) | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Juan Mata | 🇪🇸 | (W Florent Malouda | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | W Salomon Kalou | 🇨🇮 | (M Ramires | 🇧🇷 |))

🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Derrick Williams | 🇮🇪 |
M Daniel Johnson | 🇯🇲 |
M Samir Carruthers | 🇮🇪 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ross Turnbull | 🏴 |
RB José Bosingwa | 🇵🇹 |
LB Ryan Bertrand | 🏴 |
M Michael Essien | 🇬🇭 |
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 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | | 68 | 27* | 9 | 11* | 22 | 20 | 26* | - | - | 8 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 130* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI: £28.67m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 10/18
SQUAD STATS

Team Cost: £213.53m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 8 |
M Jermaine Jenas | 🏴 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
Illness | 1 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
Out on Loan | 1 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | Olympiacos Piraeus
UNAVAILABLE

Not Reported
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 31 Mar 2012, Villa 2-4 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS






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