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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

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PROGRAMME

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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.