Aston Villa vs Chelsea

26 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Reece James 28’ (og)

Jorginho 34’ (pen), 90+3’ (pen)
Romelu Lukaku 56’

Match summary

Chelsea came from behind to win 3-1 away at Aston Villa. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, James's own goal put Aston Villa ahead with a header in the 28th minute and Jorginho equalised from the penalty spot in the 34th minute. In the second half, Romelu Lukaku put Chelsea in front with a header in the 56th minute, set up by Callum Hudson-Odoi and Jorginho made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 2.83 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Aston Villa's 0.47 from 8.

Match stats

8 Shots 10

1 Shots on Target 4

2 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.47 xG 2.83

0.47 Non-penalty xG 1.31

6 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Aston Villa Chelsea

Kick-off

Reece James
Own goal

1-0

28’

34’

Jorginho
Penalty

1-1

Half-time1-1

56’

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Callum Hudson-Odoi

1-2

90+3’

Jorginho
Penalty

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa

Emiliano Martinez
Tyrone Mings
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo

Chelsea

Marcos Alonso

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Aston Villa 0.47 xGChelsea 2.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Chelsea attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90	1	0.08	0.17	3
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.11	2
Douglas Luiz	MID	90	0	0.00	0.11	1
Jacob Ramsey	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Morgan Sanson	MID	77	1	0.01	0.00	0
Emiliano Buendía	MID	75	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1	0.11	0.00	0
Danny Ings	FWD	74	3	0.17	0.00	0
Bertrand Traoré	Sub	16	0	0.00	0.00	0
Carney Chukwuemeka	Sub	15	1	0.07	0.00	0
Anwar El Ghazi	Sub	13	1	0.03	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Edouard Mendy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonio Rüdiger	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thiago Silva	DEF	53			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trevoh Chalobah	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Reece James	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Marcos Alonso	MID	90			1	0.14	0.10	2
Jorginho	MID	90	2		2	1.52	0.29	1
N'Golo Kanté	MID	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mason Mount	MID	90			2	0.31	0.14	1
Callum Hudson-Odoi	MID	90		1	3	0.68	0.12	1
Christian Pulisic	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Romelu Lukaku	Sub	43	1		1	0.12	0.00	0
Andreas Christensen	Sub	37			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mateo Kovacic	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.53	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 19% Avg odds 5.19

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.77

Chelsea win 56% Avg odds 1.72

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa W L W L W

Chelsea W L W D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa, 11 Sep 21 Next meeting: Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea, 16 Oct 22 All Aston Villa vs Chelsea meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.