Chelsea 5-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 23 December 2012
Result
Chelsea 5-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 23 December 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Chelsea 5-0 Aston Villa: match report
Chelsea won against Aston Villa 5-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 December 2012. The half-time score was 3-0.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Fernando Torres (3'), David Luiz (29'), Branislav Ivanović (34'), Frank Lampard (59'), Ramires (75'), Oscar (79', penalty), Eden Hazard (83') and Ramires (90+1'). Aston Villa did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 6th on 29 points from 16 and Aston Villa 16th on 18 points from 17. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 41.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 5-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-D-D-L and Aston Villa's W-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 29'Goal · David Luiz
- 34'Goal · Branislav Ivanović
- 59'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 75'Goal · Ramires
- 79'Penalty goal · Oscar
- 83'Goal · Eden Hazard
- 89'Missed penalty · Lucas Piazón
- 90+1'Goal · Ramires
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, F. Lampard, David Luiz, Juan Mata, Eden Hazard, Fernando Torres, Victor Moses
Aston Villa line-up (5-3-2)
Matthew Lowton, Ciaran Clark, Ashley Westwood, Christian Benteke, Brad Guzan, Eric Lichaj, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Chris Herd, Brett Holman, Nathan Baker