Game #5562
Aston Villa
Monday, 28 December 2020


Drew
5th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: Behind closed doors
(COVID-19)
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Chelsea
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Matty Cash | 50' |
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 28 December 2020
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Olivier Giroud
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-1, Anwar El Ghazi, Assist by Matty Cash
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Keinan Davis
🟨 | 71’ Booking, Anwar El Ghazi
🕒 | FT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 36%
Possession A | 64%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 16
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 11
Fouls F | 3
Fouls A | 16
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
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 28 December 2020
Villa end 2020 with a well deserved draw at Stamford Bridge - only the second time in nine away games in all competitions that they've failed to win.
Anwar El Ghazi scores his fifth goal in 5 games and receives his 10th booking on his 87th appearance for the club (69 Starts) to make it W32 D22 L33, 18 Goals, 13 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 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 / 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: 2018-19
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2020-21 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Monday, 28 December 2020
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🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Stuart Attwell | 🏴 | Nuneaton, 2007-
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021
🕒 101 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 21 🟥 37 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Stuart Attwell | 🏴 | Nuneaton, 2007-
Assistants: Simon Long, Neil Davies
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Anwar El Ghazi
CARDS

🟨 César Azpilicueta
🟨 N’Golo Kanté
🟨 Olivier Giroud
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dean Smith names an unchanged team from the side that ripped apart Crystal Palace in the previous game with one exception - Ezri Konsa replacing suspended Tyrone Mings. Midfielder Ross Barkley and winger Trézéguet miss out once again due to hamstring injuries. Björn Engels also returns to the match-day squad having not appeared for Villa since Monday, 9 March 2020.
Starting XI Average Age: | 25.08 |
Oldest Player: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 28.34 |
Youngest Player: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 22.65 |
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021

Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 🔁 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Frank Lampard | 🏴 |

Chelsea
GK Edouard Mendy | 🇸🇳 |
LB Ben Chilwell | 🏴 |
CB Antonio Rüdiger | 🇩🇪 |
CB Andreas Christensen | 🇩🇰 |
RB César Azpilicueta | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
M Jorginho | 🇮🇹 | 🔁 |
M N’Golo Kanté | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
M Mason Mount | 🏴 |
W Christian Pulišić | 🇺🇸 |
W Callum Hudson-Odoi | 🏴 |
CF Olivier Giroud | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 82' |
🔁 CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | for W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 87' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Timo Werner | 🇩🇪 | for M Jorginho | 🇮🇹 | 72’ |
🔁 | M Kai Havertz | 🇩🇪 | for CF Olivier Giroud | 🇫🇷 | 72’ |

🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Kepa Arrizabalaga | 🇪🇸 |
CB Thiago Silva | 🇧🇷 |
CB Fikayo Tomori | 🏴 |
M Mateo Kovacic | 🇭🇷 |
M Billy Gilmour | 🏴 |
CF Tammy Abraham (ex) | 🏴 |
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
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | | 10 | 6* | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1* | 3 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | | 2* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £132.76m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £132.76m
Squad Cost: £167.32m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/20
Homegrown: 2/20
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £258.73m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Subs Cost: £119.70m
Team Cost: £378.43m
Squad Cost: £490,93m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/20
Homegrown: 6/20
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | £7.92m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 | £14.18m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | £14.04m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 | £7.20m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | £2.70m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £16.56m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Kepa Arrizabalaga | 🇪🇸 | £72.00m |
GK Edouard Mendy | 🇸🇳 | £21.06m |
LB Ben Chilwell | 🏴 | £44.00m |
RB César Azpilicueta | 🇪🇸 | £7.92m |
CB Antonio Rüdiger | 🇩🇪 | £31.50m |
CB Andreas Christensen | 🇩🇰 | Youth |
CB Fikayo Tomori | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Thiago Silva | 🇧🇷 | Free |
M Kai Havertz | 🇩🇪 | £72.00m |
M Jorginho | 🇮🇹 | £51.30m |
M Mateo Kovacic | 🇭🇷 | £40.50m |
M N’Golo Kanté | 🇫🇷 | £30.75m |
M Mason Mount | 🏴 | Youth |
M Billy Gilmour | 🏴 | Youth |
W Christian Pulišić | 🇺🇸 | £57.60m |
W Callum Hudson-Odoi | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Timo Werner | 🇩🇪 | £47.70m |
CF Olivier Ground | 🇫🇷 | £14.60m |
CF Tammy Abraham (ex) | 🏴 | Youth |
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | ACL, 4 Jan 2020 [37]
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | Hamstring, 30 Nov 2020 [6]
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | Hamstring, 12 Dec 2020 [5]
Suspension | 1 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
Not Selected | 2 |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
Unregistered | 1 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 28 Dec 2020, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH REPORTS






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