Aston Villa vs Chelsea

22 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Marco Asensio 57’, 89’

Enzo Fernández 9’

Match summary

Aston Villa came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Chelsea, with a late winner. Chelsea led 1-0 at half-time.

Enzo Fernández put Chelsea ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Pedro Neto, Marco Asensio equalised in the 57th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford, and Asensio won it from a corner in the 89th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 2.69 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Chelsea's 2.18 from 15.

Match stats

12 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 7

2 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.69 xG 2.17

2.69 Non-penalty xG 2.17

5 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Aston Villa Chelsea

Kick-off

9’

Enzo Fernández
Assist: Pedro Neto

0-1

Half-time0-1

Marco Asensio
Assist: Marcus Rashford

1-1

57’

Marco Asensio
Assist: Marcus Rashford

2-1

89’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

John McGinn

Chelsea

Moisés Caicedo
Enzo Fernández
Christopher Nkunku

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 2.69 xGChelsea 2.18 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	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ian Maatsen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90			0	0.00	0.59	2
John McGinn	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Morgan Rogers	MID	84			0	0.00	0.07	1
Marco Asensio	MID	90	2		3	0.94	0.16	2
Jacob Ramsey	MID	52			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	83			4	0.73	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	Sub	38		2	2	0.11	1.53	3
Lamare Bogarde	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrés García	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.03	1
Leon Bailey	Sub	7			1	0.26	0.00	0
Donyell Malen	Sub	6			1	0.62	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Filip Jorgensen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Malo Gusto	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Levi Colwill	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Trevoh Chalobah	DEF	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Cucurella	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moisés Caicedo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
Reece James	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Cole Palmer	MID	90			3	0.27	0.39	2
Enzo Fernández	MID	90	1		4	1.34	0.19	2
Christopher Nkunku	MID	82			1	0.06	0.18	2
Pedro Neto	FWD	90		1	4	0.40	1.14	4
Tosin Adarabioyo	Sub	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jadon Sancho	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.02	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 37% Avg odds 2.62

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53

Chelsea win 36% Avg odds 2.65

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa D D L D D

Chelsea D W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa, 01 Dec 24 Next meeting: Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa, 27 Dec 25 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.