Aston Villa 2-4 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012

Result

Aston Villa 2-4 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Aston Villa 2-4 Chelsea: match report

Aston Villa lost to Chelsea 2-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Daniel Sturridge opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from James Collins (77') and Eric Lichaj (80'). Chelsea scored through Daniel Sturridge (9'), Branislav Ivanović (51'), Branislav Ivanović (83') and Fernando Torres (90+2').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 15th on 33 points from 29 and Chelsea 5th on 50 points from 30. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 38 points, and Chelsea 6th with 64.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Daniel SturridgeChelsea · 0-1
  • 51'Goal · Branislav IvanovićChelsea · 0-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockAston Villa
  • 77'Goal · James CollinsAston Villa · 1-2
  • 80'Goal · Eric LichajAston Villa · 2-2
  • 83'Goal · Branislav IvanovićChelsea · 2-3
  • 90+2'Goal · Fernando TorresChelsea · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 4, Chelsea 3.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Shay Given, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Ireland, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Chris Herd, Gary Gardner, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nathan Baker

Chelsea expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Juan Mata, Raúl Meireles, Ramires