Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2008

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa: match report

Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 October 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Joe Cole opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Chelsea's goals came from Joe Cole (21') and Nicolas Anelka (44'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 14 points from 6 and Aston Villa 4th on 13 points from 6. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 5 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 2-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Carlos CuellarAston Villa
  • 78'Yellow card · Stiliyan PetrovAston Villa
  • 85'Yellow card · Nicky ShoreyAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 5, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé

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

Luke Young, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel