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Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa - December 26, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 19

Stamford Bridge - London - England

December 26, 2007

41 686

Chelsea

4 - 4

Aston Villa

(penalty) Andriy Shevchenko

45'

(right foot) Andriy Shevchenko

50'

(right foot) Alex

66'

(free kick) Michael Ballack

88'

14'

Shaun Maloney (right foot)

44'

Shaun Maloney (right foot)

72'

Martin Laursen (right foot)

90+2'

Gareth Barry (penalty)

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14' - Goal Shaun Maloney

26' - Substitution Frank Lampardis substituted by Michael Ballack26

44' - Goal Shaun Maloney

45' - Goal Andriy Shevchenko45

45' - Red card Zat Knight

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46' - Substitution Shaun Maloneyis substituted by Curtis Davies

50' - Goal Andriy Shevchenko50

66' - Goal Alex66

72' - Goal Martin Laursen

78' - Substitution John Carewis substituted by Luke Moore

80' - Red card Ricardo Carvalho80

83' - Substitution Andriy Shevchenkois substituted by Shaun Wright-Phillips83

85' - Substitution Claudio Pizarrois substituted by John Obi Mikel85

88' - Goal Michael Ballack88

90' - Red card Ashley Cole90

90' - Substitution Wilfried Boumais substituted by Marlon Harewood

92' - Goal Gareth Barry

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

4 - 4

Aston Villa

Chelsea Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Alex66

Alex

Brazil

B.date17/06/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Carvalho80

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Essien

Michael Essien

Ghana

B.date03/12/1982

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Ashley Cole90

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Lampard26

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m84

positionLeft central midfielder

Joe Cole

England

B.date08/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

Shevchenko455083

Andriy Shevchenko

Ukraine

B.date29/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Pizarro85

Claudio Pizarro

Peru

B.date03/10/1978

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Kalou

Salomon Kalou

Ivory Coast

B.date05/08/1985

Age22 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Petr Cech		25	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex	66	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Carvalho	80	29	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Essien		25	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paulo Ferreira		28	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole	90	27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard	26	29	351	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Cole		26	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andriy Shevchenko	455083	31	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Claudio Pizarro	85	29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Salomon Kalou		22	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

120

Aston Villa

22 Carson

Scott Carson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

3 Bouma90

Wilfried Bouma

Netherlands

B.date15/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft central defender

5 Laursen72

Martin Laursen

Denmark

B.date26/07/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

16 Knight45

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

4 Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age30 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

6 Barry92

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

20 Reo-Coker

Nigel Reo-Coker

England

B.date14/05/1984

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

7 Young

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

28 Maloney144446

Shaun Maloney

Scotland

B.date24/01/1983

Age24 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

10 Carew78

John Carew

Norway

B.date05/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

11 Agbonlahor

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Scott Carson		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Wilfried Bouma	90	29	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Martin Laursen	72	30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Zat Knight	45	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Olof Mellberg		30	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry	92	26	374	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nigel Reo-Coker		23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ashley Young		22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Shaun Maloney	144446	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	John Carew	78	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gabriel Agbonlahor		21	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	John Obi Mikel	85	20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Ballack	8826	31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Wright-Phillips	83	26	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	D	Curtis Davies	46	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Luke Moore	78	21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Marlon Harewood	90	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Claudio Pizarro

John Obi Mikel

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Avram Grant

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Grant vs Aston Villa

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Grant vs O'Neill

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

O'Neill vs Chelsea

2 victories

7 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

O'Neill vs Grant

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Referee

Philip Dowd

26 victories	7 draws	8 losses	Chelsea41 matches	General total	Aston Villa30 matches	7 victories	9 draws	14 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Chelsea2 matches	Season total	Aston Villa3 matches	1 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on January 01, 2015					Latest figure on November 24, 2014

Videos

July 09, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win running (since 01/12/2007).

It's the first time Alex scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

It's the first time Gareth Barry scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in his professional career

Read the next 27 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Manchester United	45 pts	19 rd
-1	2	Arsenal	44 pts	19 rd
	3	Chelsea	38 pts	19 rd
+1	4	Liverpool	36 pts	18 rd
-1	5	Manchester City	34 pts	18 rd

General ranking

	6	Everton	33 pts	19 rd
	7	Portsmouth	31 pts	19 rd
	8	Aston Villa	30 pts	19 rd
+2	9	West Ham	26 pts	18 rd
	10	Blackburn	26 pts	18 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 4-3 Leicester31/10/2007

DChelsea 1-1 Everton11/11/2007

VChelsea 1-0 West Ham01/12/2007

VChelsea 2-0 Sunderland08/12/2007

DChelsea 0-0 Valencia CF11/12/2007

VChelsea 2-0 Liverpool19/12/2007

Overall

VChelsea 1-0 West Ham01/12/2007

VChelsea 2-0 Sunderland08/12/2007

DChelsea 0-0 Valencia CF11/12/2007

LArsenal 1-0 Chelsea16/12/2007

VChelsea 2-0 Liverpool19/12/2007

VBlackburn 0-1 Chelsea23/12/2007

Current form

Away

DTottenham 4-4 Aston Villa01/10/2007

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa28/10/2007

VBirmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa11/11/2007

VMiddlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa24/11/2007

VBlackburn 0-4 Aston Villa28/11/2007

DSunderland 1-1 Aston Villa15/12/2007

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa24/11/2007

VBlackburn 0-4 Aston Villa28/11/2007

LAston Villa 1-2 Arsenal01/12/2007

LAston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth08/12/2007

DSunderland 1-1 Aston Villa15/12/2007

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City22/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	51	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	4	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Winless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	6	12
Conceding streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	8
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	8
3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	50
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	9

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
11	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
3	Losses (Competition total)	5
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.39	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.61
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.88
0.56	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
0.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Didier Drogba	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Gabriel Agbonlahor
Didier Drogba	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Gabriel Agbonlahor
Frank Lampard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Gareth Barry
Frank Lampard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gareth Barry
Shaun Wright-Phillips	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Shaun Wright-Phillips	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Joe Cole	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Carew

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

34 v

12 d

21 l

100 gf

77 ga

Away

65 matches

14 v

19 d

32 l

87 gf

121 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

133 matches

49 v

31 d

53 l

188 gf

198 ga

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

32 v

19 d

14 l

121 gf

87 ga

Away

67 matches

21 v

12 d

34 l

77 gf

100 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

133 matches

53 v

31 d

49 l

198 gf

188 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 08, 2006
Home	4 - 0	November 08, 2006

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 15, 1952
Away	3 - 0	January 01, 1990

Latest head to head

September 02, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Chelsea

January 02, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Chelsea

November 08, 2006 - League Cup 2006/2007

Chelsea

4 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

September 30, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Chelsea

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

February 01, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Robert Tambling	12 goals	1961 - 1967
Tore André Flo	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Jimmy Greaves	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Frank Lampard	5 goals	2002 - 2006
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Kerry Dixon	3 goals	1985 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tony Hateley	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Lee Hendrie	2 goals	1998 - 2004
Luke Moore	2 goals	2005 - 2006
David Platt	2 goals	1990 - 1991

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Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Dennis Wise	16 matches	1990 - 2001
Peter Bonetti	15 matches	1960 - 1979
Frank Lampard	14 matches	2002 - 2007
John Terry	14 matches	1998 - 2007
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Gianfranco Zola	13 matches	1996 - 2003

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Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Gareth Barry	19 matches	1998 - 2007
Steve Staunton	17 matches	1991 - 2003
Alan Wright	16 matches	1995 - 2002
Ian Taylor	16 matches	1994 - 2001
Lee Hendrie	15 matches	1998 - 2005
Olof Mellberg	14 matches	2002 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andy Townsend

111 matches

173 matches

1990 - 1997

Tony Dorigo

108 matches

111 matches

1984 - 1991

George Graham

102 matches

8 matches

1963 - 1966

Kenny Swain

58 matches

157 matches

1974 - 1982

Stan Crowther

58 matches

1 match

1957 - 1960

Tony Cascarino

43 matches

46 matches

1990 - 1994

Total : 13 players

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They played in both sides

Mark Bosnich

7 matches

223 matches

1992 - 2001

Andy Townsend

111 matches

173 matches

1990 - 1997

Kenny Swain

58 matches

157 matches

1974 - 1982

Tony Hateley

33 matches

129 matches

1963 - 1967

Tony Dorigo

108 matches

111 matches

1984 - 1991

Paul Elliott

43 matches

57 matches

1985 - 1992

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2007

Birmingham City

3 0

Middlesbrough

Video availableLine-ups available

Derby County

1 2

Liverpool

Video availableLine-ups available

Everton

2 0

Bolton Wanderers

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

0 0

Arsenal

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

0 4

Man United

Video availableLine-ups available

Tottenham

5 1

Fulham

Video availableLine-ups available

West Ham

1 1

Reading

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

1 0

Newcastle United

Line-ups available

December 27, 2007

Manchester City

2 2

Blackburn

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Manchester United	45	19	14	3	2	36	9	+27
-12	Arsenal	44	19	13	5	1	36	15	+21
3	Chelsea	38	19	11	5	3	29	14	+15
+14	Liverpool	36	18	10	6	2	33	12	+21
-15	Manchester City	34	18	10	4	4	25	20	+5
6	Everton	33	19	10	3	6	34	18	+16
7	Portsmouth	31	19	8	7	4	29	19	+10
8	Aston Villa	30	19	8	6	5	33	25	+8
+29	West Ham	26	18	7	5	6	23	16	+7
10	Blackburn	26	18	7	5	6	23	25	-2
-211	Newcastle United	26	19	7	5	7	26	29	-3
12	Reading	22	19	6	4	9	25	36	-11
13	Tottenham	21	19	5	6	8	35	32	+3
+214	Birmingham City	18	19	5	3	11	21	30	-9
-115	Bolton Wanderers	17	19	4	5	10	21	29	-8
-116	Middlesbrough	17	19	4	5	10	17	33	-16
+217	Wigan	16	19	4	4	11	19	34	-15
-118	Fulham	14	19	2	8	9	20	34	-14
-119	Sunderland	14	19	3	5	11	17	38	-21
20	Derby County	7	19	1	4	14	9	43	-34

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Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa - December 26, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Chelsea

4 - 4

Aston Villa

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Grant vs Aston Villa

Grant vs O'Neill

Manager

O'Neill vs Chelsea

O'Neill vs Grant

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking