Game #4827
Aston Villa
Sunday, 26 December 2004
Chelsea
1-0
Aston Villa
Premier League
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,950
Lost
10th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Juan Pablo Ángel, unfortunate
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 26 December 2004
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Damien Duff
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Mark Delaney, Sub on, Nolberto Solano
🟨 | 59’ Booking, Nolberto Solano
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Liam Ridgewell
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Luke Moore
🟨 | 82’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
🕒 | FT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose a third consecutive game and suffer their fourth reverse in five games.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Sunday, 26 December 2004
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Peter Walton | 🏴 | Northamptonshire, 1998-2012
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 66 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 18 🟥 21 | 1.52
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Walton | 🏴 | Northamptonshire, 1998-2012
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 2 Oct 04, Villa 2-2 Blackburn (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Lee Hendrie Mathieu Berson (first start of the season) and Liam Ridgwell (first start in 9) replace Jlloyd Samuel, Gavin McCann and Nolberto Solano.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.56 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 30.41 |
Youngest Player |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | 20.00 |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Steven Davis | 🏴 |
M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
MANAGER
José Mourinho | 🇵🇹 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
Chelsea
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
LB Wayne Bridge | 🏴 |
CB William Gallas | 🇫🇷 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Paulo Ferreira | 🇵🇹 |
M Claude Makélélé | 🇫🇷 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
M Tiago Mendes | 🇵🇹 | 🟨 |
W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Arjen Robben | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Eidur Guðjohnsen | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🟨 | for RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
🔁 | W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 | (M Aleksey Smertin | 🇷🇺 |)
🔁 | W Arjen Robben | 🇳🇱 | (RB Glen Johnson | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Eidur Guðjohnsen | 🇮🇸 | (CF Didier Drogba | 🇨🇮 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Václav Drobný | 🇨🇿 |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
GK Carlo Cudicini | 🇮🇹 |
CF Mateja Kezman | 🇷🇸 |
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 7/16
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 26 December 2004
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