Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa
Chelsea
1–2HT 1–0
Aston Villa
Chelsea played Aston Villa in the Premier League on 27 December 2025 at Stamford Bridge. The match finished 1–2.
Goals and cards
- 30'Matty Cash — Yellow card
- 37'Joao Pedro (assist by R. James)
- 57'Reece James — Yellow card
- 57'Morgan Rogers — Yellow card
- 63'O. Watkins
- 68'Trevoh Chalobah — Yellow card
- 71'Liam Delap — Yellow card
- 71'Moisés Caicedo — Yellow card
- 78'Boubacar Kamara — Yellow card
- 84'O. Watkins (assist by Y. Tielemans)
- 90+4'Enzo Fernández — Yellow card
Line-ups
Chelsea 4-2-3-1
- R. Sanchez
- R. James
- T. Chalobah
- B. Badiashile
- M. Cucurella
- M. Caicedo
- E. Fernandez
- P. Neto
- C. Palmer
- A. Garnacho
- Joao Pedro
- SUBSTITUTES
- F. Jorgensen
- W. Fofana
- M. Gusto
- J. Gittens
- Andrey Santos
- Estêvão
- T. Adarabioyo
- L. Delap
- J. Acheampong
- COACHES: Calum McFarlane
Aston Villa 4-4-2
- E. Martinez
- M. Cash
- E. Konsa
- V. Lindelof
- I. Maatsen
- J. McGinn
- B. Kamara
- Y. Tielemans
- E. Buendia
- D. Malen
- M. Rogers
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Bizot
- O. Watkins
- A. Onana
- L. Bogarde
- L. Digne
- J. Sancho
- J. Jimoh-Aloba
- G. Hemmings
- A. Garcia
- COACHES: Unai Emery
Match statistics
| Chelsea | Aston Villa | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shots on goal | 8 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 1 |
| 14 | Total shots | 11 |
| 7 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 8 | Shots inside box | 7 |
| 6 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 16 | Fouls | 8 |
| 6 | Corners | 7 |
| 63% | Possession | 37% |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 528 | Total passes | 321 |
| 469 | Accurate passes | 257 |
| 89% | Pass accuracy | 80% |
| 2.14 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.19 |
| 0.43 | goals_prevented | 0.43 |