Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2023

Result

Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa: match report

Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Chelsea did not score. Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (18') and John McGinn (56').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 10th on 38 points from 27 and Aston Villa 11th on 38 points from 27. Chelsea went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Aston Villa 7th with 61.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emiliano Martínez of Aston Villa (8.9), ahead of Jacob Ramsey (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Boubacar KamaraAston Villa
  • 18'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Mateo KovacicChelsea
  • 54'Yellow card · Ben ChilwellChelsea
  • 56'Goal · John McGinnAston Villa · 0-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Enzo FernándezChelsea
  • 84'Yellow card · Calum ChambersAston Villa
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Lucas DigneAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 7, draws 2, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Reece James, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Enzo Fernández, Mateo Kovacic, Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz, Mykhaylo Mudryk, João Félix

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

Emiliano Martínez, Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Álex Moreno, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins