Game #5264
Saturday, 27 September 2014
Attendance: 41,616
Lost
Premier League
6th (-3)
Chelsea
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Stamford Bridge
Villa lose 0-3 for the second successive game as their unbeaten start to the League season is left well behind.
Chelsea
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Villa wilt under the pressure and lose for the second successive game after their unbeaten start, Saturday, 27 September 2014.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Oscar
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 51’ Booking, Tom Cleverley
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Diego Costa
🟨 | 62’ Booking, Philippe Senderos
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Kieran Richardson, Sub on Darren Bent
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Charles N’Zogbia
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 0-3, (Chelsea), Willian
🕒 | FT Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Paul Lambert’s Villa lose their second Premier League game of the season and second in succession and fall back to sixth in the early table as a result.
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
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2014-15 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Saturday, 27 September 2014
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 Oct 13, Villa 0-2 Tottenham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Peter Kirkup, Scott Ledger
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Chelsea
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Nathan Baker and Ashley Westwood replace Ciaran Clark and Carlos Sánchez.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.88 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 30.07 |
Youngest Player |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 23.16 |
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
MANAGER
José Mourinho | 🇵🇹 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB Philippe Senderos |🇨🇭| 🟨 |
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
Chelsea
GK Thibaut Coutois | 🇧🇪 |
CB Gary Cahill (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
RB Branislav Ivanović | 🇷🇸 |
RB César Azpilicueta | 🇪🇸 |
M Cesc Fàbregas | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
M Oscar | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Nemanja Matić | 🇷🇸 |
W Willian | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ |
W Eden Hazard | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Diego Costa | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 F Darren Bent | 🏴 | for LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 | 69’ |
🔁 W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | for F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 69’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Oscar | 🇧🇷 | (M John Mikel Obi | 🇳🇬 |)
🔁 | W Eden Hazard | 🇧🇪 | (W André Schürrle | 🇩🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Diego Costa | 🇪🇸 | (CF Loïc Rémy | 🇫🇷 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
LB Filipe Luís | 🇧🇷 |
CB Kurt Zouma | 🇫🇷 |
CF Didier Drogba | 🇨🇮 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £47.74m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 4/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £262.67m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
Out on Loan | 9 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | Aalborg BK
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | Kayseri Erciyesspor
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Doncaster
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 | Hellas Verona
F Daniel Johnson | 🇯🇲 | Chesterfield
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | Celtic
RB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 | Tranmere
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | Brighton
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Brighton
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 37%
Possession A | 63%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 17
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 8
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 9
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 11
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“We were well in that game. I couldn’t fault my own team. We gave it a right good go.
“When you come to places like this, when you get a chance, you’ve got to score.
“With Nathan’s [Baker] header, Fabian’s [Delph] couple of shots, [Aly] Cissokho at the back post, you’ve got to score.
“If you get beat, you’ve got to leave here with your confidence intact, which we certainly are.
“Performance-wise, other than trying to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for any more.”
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Paul Lambert, Saturday, 27 September 2014.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 27 September 2014
*Diego Costa’s outstanding start to his career at Chelsea continued as he grabbed his eighth goal to help the leaders to victory against Aston Villa.*
The Spain striker then created another as Jose Mourinho’s side secured their fifth win of the season.
Oscar was first on the scoresheet when he tapped in after Willian’s shot was saved by Brad Guzan.
Costa added a second with a header before his jinking run and shot led to Willian’s goal from close range.
Although the scoreline suggests it was a stroll for Chelsea, for long periods the attack had been suppressed by a disciplined Villa defence.
Nevertheless, even against a stingy backline, the Blues added another three goals to this season’s tally to remain the league’s leading scorers with 19 in six matches.
The win also means Mourinho’s team are one of four unbeaten sides across all the four divisions with 16 points from a possible 18.
They took a while to insert their dominance against Villa, so would have been grateful for the breakthrough in the seventh minute.
On that occasion, full-back Branislav Ivanovic slipped a pass down the left into the path of Willian, whose initial shot was saved by American Guzan. However, the ball returned to the former Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder who found Oscar, with the 23-year-old adding the final touch from close range.
Up until the second goal, Villa had kept up with Chelsea’s attack and restricted them for space. Costa, in particular, looked a frustrated figure in attack.
Doubts still surround whether he has fully recovered from a hamstring injury, although he showed how effective he can be with careful management.
He should have scored in the first half, when he headed Willian’s brilliant delivery straight at Guzan. However, he beat the Villa keeper with a similar effort just before the hour mark.
With his tail up, Costa appeared to move with more purpose and a dazzling run in the area led to the third.
Cesc Fabregas, who had a quiet game playing in a deeper midfield position, delivered a sumptuous cross-field pass for his Spain team-mate.
The former Atletico Madrid striker confused Philippe Senderos with his footwork before firing a low shot that was saved by Guzan, but then poked in by Willian.
Costa was brought off to a standing ovation. He is already proving to be an integral figure in Chelsea’s title challenge.
Villa, whose best chance came in the first half when Aly Cissokho hooked wide, face another stiff test next week - at home to Manchester City.