Aston Villa 1-4 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2026

Result

Aston Villa 1-4 Chelsea

Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2026, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Aston Villa 1-4 Chelsea: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Chelsea 1-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 4 March 2026. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Douglas Luiz opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Douglas Luiz (2'). Chelsea scored through João Pedro (35'), João Pedro (45+6'), Cole Palmer (55') and João Pedro (64').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 4th on 51 points from 28 and Chelsea 6th on 45 points from 28. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Chelsea 10th with 52.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to João Pedro of Chelsea (9.7), ahead of Cole Palmer (8.1).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Douglas LuizAston Villa · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
  • 35'Goal · João PedroChelsea · 1-1
  • 45+6'Goal · João PedroChelsea · 1-2
  • 54'Yellow card · João PedroChelsea
  • 55'Goal · Cole PalmerChelsea · 1-3
  • 58'Yellow card · Enzo FernándezChelsea
  • 58'Yellow card · Morgan RogersAston Villa
  • 64'Goal · João PedroChelsea · 1-4
  • 68'Yellow card · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana, Douglas Luiz, Leon Bailey, Emiliano Buendía, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Filip Jørgensen, Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Jorrel Hato, Reece James, M. Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Cole Palmer, João Pedro, Alejandro Garnacho