Game #5248
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Won
10th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Chelsea
Attendance: 40,084
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Chelsea
Assist(s) | Marc Albrighton | 82’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Villa celebrate the Fabian Delph's winner that beat Chelsea but also secured a critically needed second successive win after another torrid campaign under Paul Lambert, Saturday, 15 March 2014.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 March 2014
🟨 | 5’ Booking, Nathan Baker
🟨 | 45’ Booking, Joe Bennett
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Christian Benteke
🟥 | 68’ Sending off, (Chelsea), Willian
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Ron Vlaar
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Joe Bennett, Sub on, Ciaran Clark
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 1-0, Fabian Delph, Assist by Marc Albrighton
🟥 | 90’+4 Sending off, (Chelsea), Ramires
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
ON THIS DAY
Paul Lambert’s Villa win successive League games for only the second time this season and win consecutive home matches for the first time under Lambert.
Villa’s victory courtesy of a sensational Fabian Delph back heel in a controversial match delivers Villa’s ninth win in twenty nine Premier League games and their fifth home League win in fifteen.
As a result Villa rose to tenth place in the table, nine points clear of third from bottom Sunderland with nine to play.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2012-13
FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2013-14 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Saturday, 15 March 2014
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 78 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 18 🟥 34 | 1.23
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Matches Officiated: 31
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 9
🟥 : 12
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 Feb 14, Villa 0-0 Cardiff (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Peter Bankes, Dave Bryan
TEAM NEWS
Joe Bennett replaces Ryan Bertrand (loan terms).
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.35 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 29.53 |
Youngest Player |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 22.58 |
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
MANAGER
José Mourinho | 🇵🇹 |
Chelsea
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
CB Gary Cahill (ex) | 🏴 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
RB César Azpilicueta | 🇪🇸 |
RB Branislav Ivanović | 🇷🇸 |
M Ramires | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Oscar | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Nemanja Matić | 🇷🇸 |
W Willian | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
W Eden Hazard | 🇧🇪 |
CF Fernando Torres | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 🔥 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | for LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Oscar | 🇧🇷 | (W André Schürrle | 🇩🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Fernando Torres | 🇪🇸 | (CF Demba Ba | 🇸🇳 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 |
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 |
CF Grant Holt | 🏴 |
F Callum Robinson | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Schwarzer | 🇦🇺 |
CB Tomáš Kalas | 🇨🇿 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
M John Obi Mikel | 🇳🇬 |
W Mohamed Salah | 🇪🇬 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £29.66m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 6/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £250.83m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
Bomb Squad | 1 |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
Out on Loan | 6 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | Fulham
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Notts County
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | Coventry
F Jordan Bowery | 🏴 | Doncaster
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | Bolton
UNAVAILABLE
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
Possession F | 43%
Possession A | 57%
Shots F | 9
Shots A | 9
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 9
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 15 March 2014