Chelsea 1-3 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2011
Result
Chelsea 1-3 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 1-3 Aston Villa: match report
Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Chelsea's goal came from Didier Drogba (23', penalty). Aston Villa scored through Stephen Ireland (28'), Stiliyan Petrov (83') and Darren Bent (86').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 34 points from 18 and Aston Villa 12th on 20 points from 18. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 38.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Aston Villa's D-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Penalty goal · Didier Drogba
- 28'Goal · Stephen Ireland
- 32'Yellow card · John Terry
- 67'Yellow card · Carlos Cuéllar
- 83'Goal · Stiliyan Petrov
- 86'Goal · Darren Bent
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Oriol Romeu, Ramires, Juan Mata, Raúl Meireles, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)
Brad Guzan, Stephen Warnock, Richard Dunne, James Collins, Ciaran Clark, Stephen Ireland, Charles N'Zogbia, Marc Albrighton, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Carlos Cuéllar