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Chelsea vs Aston Villa
27 Dec 2025, 17:30 · Premier League · 2025/2026
Referee
Stuart AttwellPremier League 2025/2026 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
ChelseaMin
Aston Villa- 30′
Matty Cash
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
João Pedro 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Reece James
Right foot shot
37′ Reece James
Yellowcard
Argument
57′- 57′
Morgan Rogers
Yellowcard
Argument
- 58′⇄
Ollie Watkins
Substitution
Off: Emiliano Buendía
- 59′⇄
Amadou Onana
Substitution
Off: John McGinn
- 59′⇄
Jadon Sancho
Substitution
Off: Donyell Malen
- 63′⚽
Ollie Watkins 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
Trevoh Chalobah
Yellowcard
Foul
68′- ⇄
Liam Delap
Substitution
Off: João Pedro
69′ - ⇄
Jamie Gittens
Substitution
Off: Alejandro Garnacho
69′ - ⇄
Malo Gusto
Substitution
Off: Marc Cucurella
69′ Moisés Caicedo
Yellowcard
Foul
71′Liam Delap
Yellowcard
Foul
71′- ⇄
Estêvão
Substitution
Off: Cole Palmer
72′ - 78′
Boubacar Kamara
Yellowcard
Foul
- 83′⇄
Lamare Bogarde
Substitution
Off: Boubacar Kamara
- 83′⇄
Lucas Digne
Substitution
Off: Ian Maatsen
- 84′⚽
Ollie Watkins 1-2
Goal · Header
With: Youri Tielemans
Header
Enzo Fernández
Yellowcard
Argument
90+4′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 7.56 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | — | 8.03 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.21 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.18 | |
| 69 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.77 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 7.01 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.58 | |
| 72 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 6.91 | |
| 69 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.05 | |
| 69 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 7.38 | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.51 | |
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| 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.39 | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.31 | |
| 21 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.73 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Chelsea
Latest: Everton · 2–0
Match stats
13 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Everton · 2025/2026
Aston Villa
Latest: West Ham United · 3–2
Match stats
14 Dec 2025, 14:00 · Away vs West Ham United · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Chelsea’s ground: 16 previous meetings, 9 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Chelsea’s home games with Aston Villa’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.
Chelsea
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Aston Villa
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.
Chelsea
Aston Villa
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Chelsea
Aston Villa
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.
Chelsea
Aston Villa
Previous meetings
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