Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 May 2013
Result
Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 11 May 2013, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea: match report
Aston Villa were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 May 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Christian Benteke (15'). Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (61') and Frank Lampard (88').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 14th on 40 points from 36 and Chelsea 3rd on 68 points from 36. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Chelsea's D-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Nathan Baker
- 15'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 16'Yellow card · Ramires
- 36'Yellow card · Christian Benteke
- 42'Yellow card · John Terry
- 45'Second yellow · Ramires
- 58'Second yellow · Christian Benteke
- 61'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 84'Yellow card · Frank Lampard
- 88'Goal · Frank Lampard
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Joe Bennett, Ron Vlaar, Matthew Lowton, Ashley Westwood, Andreas Weimann, Fabian Delph, Yacouba Sylla, Christian Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nathan Baker
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, David Luiz, Ashley Cole, Ramires, Juan Mata, Oscar, Fernando Torres, Eden Hazard