Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 February 2025

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 22 February 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Aston Villa defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 February 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Enzo Fernández opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Marco Asensio (57') and Marco Asensio (89'). Chelsea scored through Enzo Fernández (9').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 10th on 39 points from 26 and Chelsea 6th on 43 points from 25. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Chelsea 4th with 69.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Asensio of Aston Villa (8.4), level with Marcus Rashford (8.4).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Enzo FernándezChelsea · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Enzo FernándezChelsea
  • 57'Goal · Marco AsensioAston Villa · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa
  • 72'Yellow card · Christopher NkunkuChelsea
  • 89'Goal · Marco AsensioAston Villa · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Moisés CaicedoChelsea

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Marco Asensio, Jacob Ramsey, Ollie Watkins

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Filip Jørgensen, Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, M. Caicedo, Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernández, Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto