Game #5659
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 April 2023


Won
9th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,082
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Chelsea
0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Jacob Ramsey | 56' |
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 April 2023
🟨 | 4’ Booking, Boubacar Kamara, Bad foul
⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Ollie Watkins
🕒 | HT Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara, Sub on, Calum Chambers
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 2-0, John McGinn, Assist by Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Leon Bailey
🟨 | 84’ Booking, Calum Chambers, Bad foul
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Leander Dendoncker
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Álex Moreno, Sub on, Lucas Digne
🟨 | 90’+3 Booking, Lucas Digne, Bad foul
🕒 | FT Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 31%
Possession A | 69%
Shots F | 5
Shots A | 27
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 8
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 13
Fouls F | 16
Fouls A | 14
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
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 April 2023
Villa make it five unbeaten with four wins as Chelsea are the latest victims of the tactical management of Unai Emery.
Ollie Watkins makes his 100th start for the club (106 Appearances) since joining in September 2020, scoring his 38th goal and hitting double figures for the third successive season. Watkins' Villa record is now W42 D17 L47, 38 Goals, 11 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.16 games played so far in his Villa career.
Ollie Watkins also becomes the first Villa player to score in five successive away games in the Premier League (since 1992-93).
18 year old goalkeeper James Wright makes his first ever squad appearance for Villa.
Emiliano Martínez sets a new club record for most clean sheets in their first 100 Premier League games for Villa at 34 eclipsing the previous best of 33 set by Mark Bosnich and equalled by Brad Friedel. As a result Martínez makes it 102 Appearances in a Villa shirt, W41 D18 L43, 128 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.25 goals per game, 35 Clean Sheets (34%) and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 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: 2020-21
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2022-23 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 1 April 2023
Attendance | 40,082 |
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🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Andy Madley | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 2011-
Kick off: 5.30pm
Half Time Score: 🟩 1-0
Full Time Result: 🟩 Won
Full Time Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
🕒 17 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 2 🟥 6 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Madley | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 2011-
Assistants: Harry Lennard, Steven Meredith.
Fourth official: Dean Whitestone.
VAR: Tony Harrington | 🏴 | Cleveland, 2016-
Assistant VAR: Gary Beswick.
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
VAR: Tony Harrington | 🏴 | Cleveland, 2016-
🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 2 | 🟩 50% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 50% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟥 0 |
Disallowed ❌ 0 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 | ❌ 0 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟩
CARDS

🟨 Boubacar Kamara, Bad foul
🟨 Calum Chambers, Bad foul
🟨 Lucas Digne, Bad foul
CARDS

🟨 Ben Chilwell
🟨 Enzo Fernández
🟨 Mateo Kovacic
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Boubacar Kamara makes a quick return to the first XI after injury whilst Ashley Young comes in for the injured Matty Cash. On the bench under-18s goalkeeper James Wright makes his first ever squad appearance.
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.82 |
Bench Average Age: | 25.37 |
Squad Average Age: | 26.60 |
Subs Average Age: | 27.89 |
Oldest Starter: RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | 37.75 |
Youngest Starter: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 21.86 |
Oldest Squad Player: RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | 37.75 |
Youngest Squad Player: GK James Wright | 🏴 | 18.34 |
Oldest Substitute: LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 29.72 |
Youngest Substitute: W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 25.66 |
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Graham Potter | 🏴 |

Chelsea
GK Kepa Arrizabalaga | 🇪🇸 |
RB Reece James | 🏴 |
CB Kalidou Koulibaly | 🇸🇳 |
LB Ben Chilwell | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Marc Cucurella | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Enzo Fernández | 🇦🇷 | 🟨 |
M Mateo Kovacic | 🇭🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Kai Havertz | 🇩🇪 |
W Mykhaylo Mudryk | 🇺🇦 | 🔁 |
F João Félix | 🇵🇹 |
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 | 🟨 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | for W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 76’ |
🔁 | M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | for M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 87’ |
🔁 | LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | for LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M N’Golo Kanté | 🇫🇷 | for W Mykhaylo Mudryk | 🇺🇦 | 57’ |
🔁 | W Noni Madueke | 🏴 | for M Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 🏴 | 57’ |
🔁 | W Christian Pulisic | 🇺🇸 | for LB Marc Cucurella | 🇪🇸 | 80’ |
🔁 | M Conor Gallagher | 🏴 | for M Mateo Kovacic 🇭🇷 | 80’ |

🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 |
GK James Wright | 🏴 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Marcus Bettinelli | 🏴 |
CB Benoît Badiashile | 🇫🇷 |
CB Trevoh Chalobah | 🏴 |
M Mason Mount | 🏴 |
M Carney Chukwuemeka (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
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 | | 23 | *9* | 1 | 0 | *11* | 4 | 8 | - | - | *3* | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £142.77m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £69.30m
Team Cost: £212.07m
Squad Cost: £271.18m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/20
Homegrown: 3/20
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £489.27m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £120.82m
Team Cost: £610.09m
Squad Cost: £659.79m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/20
Homegrown: 5/20
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK James Wright | 🏴 | Youth |
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Free |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £12.00m |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | Free |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | £27.90m |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | £20.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 | Free |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £13.50m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | £34.56m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £16.56m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.65m |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Kepa Arrizabalaga | 🇪🇸 | £72.00m |
GK Marcus Bettinelli | 🏴 | Free |
LB Marc Cucurella | 🇪🇸 | £58.77m |
LB Ben Chilwell | 🏴 | £44.00m |
RB Reece James | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Benoît Badiashile | 🇫🇷 | £33.50m |
CB Kalidou Koulibaly | 🇸🇳 | £33.50m |
CB Trevoh Chalobah | 🏴 | Youth |
M Enzo Fernández | 🇦🇷 | £106.50m |
M Kai Havertz | 🇩🇪 | £72.00m |
M Mateo Kovacic 🇭🇷 | £40.50m |
M N’Golo Kanté | 🇫🇷 | £32.22m |
M Carney Chukwuemeka (ex) | 🏴 | £16.20m |
M Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 🏴 | Youth |
M Conor Gallagher | 🏴 | Youth |
M Mason Mount | 🏴 | Youth |
W Mykhaylo Mudryk | 🇺🇦 | £62.00m |
W Christian Pulisic | 🇺🇸 | £57.60m |
W Noni Madueke | 🏴 | £31.00m |
F João Félix | 🇵🇹 | Loan |
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Achilles, 6 Aug 2022 [31]
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Muscle, 25 Feb 2023 [5]
RB Matty Cash | 🇵🇱 | Calf, 1 Apr 2023 [1]
Unregistered | 1 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
Out On Loan | 12 |
M Finn Azaz | 🏴 | Plymouth
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | Levante
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴 | Cardiff
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Watford
FB Ben Chrisene | 🏴 | Kilmarnock
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 | QPR
CF Cameron Archer | 🏴 | Middlesbrough
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Strasbourg
CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | Salford City
M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴 | Middlesbrough
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | Luton Town
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Bristol Rovers
Not Selected | 1 |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 1 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH REPORTS



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