Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 21 August 2013
Result
Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Wednesday 21 August 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa: match report
Chelsea defeated Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 21 August 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Chelsea's goals came from an own goal by Antonio Luna (6') and Branislav Ivanović (73'). Aston Villa scored through Christian Benteke (45+3').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.
Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 77 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 37.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 6'Own goal · Antonio Luna
- 45+3'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 64'Yellow card · Karim El Ahmadi
- 71'Yellow card · Branislav Ivanović
- 72'Yellow card · Ashley Westwood
- 73'Goal · Branislav Ivanović
- 76'Yellow card · Christian Benteke
- 90+7'Yellow card · Brad Guzan
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Ramires, F. Lampard, Juan Mata, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Demba Ba
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Matthew Lowton, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Antonio Luna, Karim El Ahmadi, Ashley Westwood, Fabian Delph, Andreas Weimann, Christian Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor