Game #5248
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Won
10th (+1)
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Premier League
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,084
Aston Villa
1-0
Chelsea
Assist(s) | Marc Albrighton | 82โ |
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 2012-2015
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | ๐บ๐ธ |
LB Joe Bennett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ | ๐ |
CB Ron Vlaar | ๐ณ๐ฑ | ๐จ |
CB Nathan Baker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
M Karim El Ahmadi | ๐ฒ๐ฆ |
M Ashley Westwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Fabian Delph | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M Leandro Bacuna | ๐จ๐ผ |
CF Christian Benteke | ๐ง๐ช | ๐จ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
F Andreas Weimann | ๐ฆ๐น |
MANAGER
Josรฉ Mourinho | ๐ต๐น |
Chelsea
GK Petr ฤech | ๐จ๐ฟ |
CB Gary Cahill (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB John Terry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Cรฉsar Azpilicueta | ๐ช๐ธ |
RB Branislav Ivanoviฤ | ๐ท๐ธ |
M Ramires | ๐ง๐ท | ๐จ | ๐ฅ |
M Oscar | ๐ง๐ท | ๐ |
M Nemanja Matiฤ | ๐ท๐ธ |
W Willian | ๐ง๐ท | ๐จ | ๐จ | ๐ฅ |
W Eden Hazard | ๐ง๐ช |
CF Fernando Torres | ๐ช๐ธ | ๐ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ W Marc Albrighton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 75โ |
๐ CB Ciaran Clark | ๐ฎ๐ช | for LB Joe Bennett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 78โ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | M Oscar | ๐ง๐ท | (W Andrรฉ Schรผrrle | ๐ฉ๐ช |)
๐ | CF Fernando Torres | ๐ช๐ธ | (CF Demba Ba | ๐ธ๐ณ |)
๐ฉ 15 March 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.
Villaโs 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 Gรฉrard 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.
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