Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2009
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2009, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Aston Villa defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 October 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Richard Dunne (32') and James Collins (52'). Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (15').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 13 points from 7 and Chelsea 1st on 21 points from 8. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Chelsea 1st with 86.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 4 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Chelsea's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 32'Goal · Richard Dunne
- 35'Yellow card · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 44'Yellow card · Ashley Cole
- 52'Goal · James Collins
- 90'Yellow card · James Milner
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-1-3-2)
Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Steve Sidwell, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, John Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba