Game #5248
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 March 2014


Won
10th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,084
🟩 15 Mar 2014, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Chelsea

Assist(s) | Marc Albrighton | 82’ |
🟩 15 Mar 2014, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 March 2014
🟨 | 5’ Booking, Nathan Baker
🟨 | 45’ Booking, Joe Bennett
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Christian Benteke
🟥 | 68’ Sending off, (Chelsea), Willian
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Ron Vlaar
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Joe Bennett, Sub on, Ciaran Clark
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 1-0, Fabian Delph, Assist by Marc Albrighton
🟥 | 90’+4 Sending off, (Chelsea), Ramires
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
Match Statistics
Possession F | 43%
Possession A | 57%
Shots F | 9
Shots A | 9
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 9
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
🟩 15 Mar 2014, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Villa win consecutive home matches for the first time under Paul Lambert.
Villa win successive League games for only the second time this season under Paul Lambert. As a result Villa rose to tenth place in the table, nine points clear of third from bottom Sunderland with nine to play.
Villa’s victory courtesy of a sensational Fabian Delph back heel in a controversial match delivers a 9th win in 29 Premier League games under Paul Lambert.
Villa win their 5th home League game in the last 15 under Paul Lambert.
Marc Albrighton had contributed 15 goal involvements in 45 games under Gérard Houllier and Alex McLeish but now had contributed just a single assist under Paul Lambert, coming on this, his 25th appearance under the woeful Lambert to make it 95 Appearances, 44 Starts, W28 D28 L39, 9 Goals, 12 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Leandro Bacuna secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 30th appearance (25 Starts) to make it W10 D7 L13, 4 Goals and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 15 Mar 2014, Villa 1-0 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 / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2012-13
🟩 15 Mar 2014, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2013-14 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Saturday, 15 March 2014
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Paul Lambert | 🏴 | 2012-2015
🕒 78 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 18 🟥 34 | 1.23
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Matches Officiated: 31
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 9
🟥 : 12
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 Feb 14, Villa 0-0 Cardiff (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Peter Bankes, Dave Bryan
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Nathan Baker
🟨 Joe Bennett
🟨 Christian Benteke
🟨 Ron Vlaar
CARDS

🟥 Ramires
🟥 Willian
🟨 Willian
🟨 Willian
🟨 Ramires
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 15 Mar 2014, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Joe Bennett replaces Ryan Bertrand (loan terms).
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.35 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 29.53 |
Youngest Player |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 22.58 |
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MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 | 2012-2015

Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
MANAGER
José Mourinho | 🇵🇹 |

Chelsea
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
CB Gary Cahill (ex) | 🏴 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
RB César Azpilicueta | 🇪🇸 |
RB Branislav Ivanović | 🇷🇸 |
M Ramires | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Oscar | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Nemanja Matić | 🇷🇸 |
W Willian | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
W Eden Hazard | 🇧🇪 |
CF Fernando Torres | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 🔥 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | for LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Oscar | 🇧🇷 | (W André Schürrle | 🇩🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Fernando Torres | 🇪🇸 | (CF Demba Ba | 🇸🇳 |)

🟩 15 Mar 2014, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 |
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 |
CF Grant Holt | 🏴 |
F Callum Robinson | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Schwarzer | 🇦🇺 |
CB Tomáš Kalas | 🇨🇿 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
M John Obi Mikel | 🇳🇬 |
W Mohamed Salah | 🇪🇬 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | | 95 | 41* | 9 | 12* | 28* | 28 | 39 | - | - | 10 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | | 29* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI: £29.66m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 6/18
SQUAD STATS

Team Cost: £250.83m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 4 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
Bomb Squad | 1 |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
Out on Loan | 6 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | Fulham
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Notts County
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | Coventry
F Jordan Bowery | 🏴 | Doncaster
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | Bolton
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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