Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2007

Result

Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea: match report

Aston Villa beat Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 September 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Zat Knight opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Zat Knight (47') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (88'). Chelsea did not score.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 14th on 4 points from 3 and Chelsea 4th on 10 points from 4. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 4 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-D-L and Chelsea's W-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 47'Goal · Zat KnightAston Villa · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerAston Villa
  • 66'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 68'Yellow card · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa
  • 70'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea
  • 71'Yellow card · John CarewAston Villa
  • 88'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 4, Chelsea 4.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, Luke Moore, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Didier Drogba, Claude Makélélé