Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa: match report
Chelsea won against Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2004. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Damien Duff of Chelsea in the 30th minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 43 points from 18 and Aston Villa 9th on 25 points from 18. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Aston Villa's L-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Damien Duff
- 45'Yellow card · Arjen Robben
- 59'Yellow card · Nolberto Albino Solano Todco
- 60'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
- 69'Yellow card · Tiago
- 82'Yellow card · Olof Mellberg
- 86'Yellow card · John Terry
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up
Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango