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Aston Villa vs Chelsea
4 Mar 2026, 19:30 · Premier League · 2025/2026
Referee
Jarred GillettPremier League 2025/2026 · 22 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Aston VillaMin
Chelsea- ⚽
Douglas Luiz 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Leon Bailey
Right foot shot
2′ Matty Cash
Yellowcard
Foul
32′- 35′⚽
João Pedro 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Malo Gusto
Right foot shot
- VAR
Ollie Watkins
VAR · Goal Disallowed
42′ - 45+6′⚽
João Pedro 1-2
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Enzo Fernández
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Lamare Bogarde
Substitution
Off: Matty Cash
46′ - 54′
João Pedro
Yellowcard
Foul
- 55′⚽
Cole Palmer 1-3
Goal · Left foot shot
With: João Pedro
Left foot shot
- 58′
Enzo Fernández
Yellowcard
Argument
Morgan Rogers
Yellowcard
Argument
58′- ⇄
Ross Barkley
Substitution
Off: Douglas Luiz
63′ - ⇄
Alysson
Substitution
Off: Leon Bailey
63′ - ⇄
Jadon Sancho
Substitution
Off: Emiliano Buendía
63′ - 64′⚽
João Pedro 1-4
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Alejandro Garnacho
Right foot shot
Ollie Watkins
Yellowcard
Foul
68′- ⇄
Tammy Abraham
Substitution
Off: Ollie Watkins
71′ - 75′⇄
Roméo Lavia
Substitution
Off: Malo Gusto
- 79′⇄
Tosin Adarabioyo
Substitution
Off: Wesley Fofana
- 79′⇄
Marc Cucurella
Substitution
Off: Enzo Fernández
- 85′⇄
Liam Delap
Substitution
Off: João Pedro
- 85′⇄
Andrey Santos
Substitution
Off: Cole Palmer
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 6.75 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.81 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.27 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.09 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.45 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.40 | |
| 63 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.88 | |
| 63 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.58 | |
| 63 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6.26 | |
| 71 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.46 | |
| 27 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 6.76 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.73 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.37 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.59 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Aston Villa
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Match stats
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Chelsea
Latest: Arsenal · 1–2
Match stats
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Aston Villa’s ground: 16 previous meetings, 5 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Aston Villa’s home games with Chelsea’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Aston Villa
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Chelsea
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Aston Villa
Chelsea
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Previous meetings
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