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Chelsea 1-3 Aston Villa - December 31, 2011 / Premier League 2011/2012

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Premier League 2011/2012 - Round 19

Stamford Bridge - London - England

December 31, 2011 - 14:00

41 332

Chelsea

1 - 3

Aston Villa

(penalty) Didier Drogba

23'

28'

Stephen Ireland (left foot)

83'

Stilian Petrov (left foot) Assist by Ciaran Clark

86'

Darren Bent (right foot) Assist by Stephen Ireland

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23' - Goal Didier Drogba23

28' - Goal Stephen Ireland

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57' - Substitution Oriol Romeuis substituted by Frank Lampard57

62' - Substitution Daniel Sturridgeis substituted by Fernando Torres62

75' - Substitution Paulo Ferreirais substituted by José Bosingwa75

78' - Substitution Charles N'Zogbiais substituted by Gary Gardner photo Darren Bent

78' - Substitution Marc Albrightonis substituted by Darren Bent

83' - Goal Stilian Petrov

84' - Substitution Stilian Petrovis substituted by Barry Bannan

86' - Goal Darren Bent

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 3

Aston Villa

Chelsea Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Drogba23

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age33 years

H1m89

positionStriker

10Mata

Juan Manuel Mata

Spain

B.date28/04/1988

Age23 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

23Sturridge62

Daniel Sturridge

England

B.date01/09/1989

Age22 years

H1m88

positionStriker

16Meireles

Raul Meireles

Portugal

B.date17/03/1983

Age28 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

7Ramires

Ramires

Brazil

B.date24/03/1987

Age24 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

6Romeu57

Oriol Romeu

Spain

B.date24/09/1991

Age20 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

26Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

4David Luiz

David Luiz

Brazil

B.date22/04/1987

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

19Paulo Ferreira75

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age32 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

1Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age29 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		29	338	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		31	526	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	David Luiz		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Paulo Ferreira	75	32	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		31	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Oriol Romeu	57	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Raul Meireles		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ramires		24	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Juan Manuel Mata		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Daniel Sturridge	62	22	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Didier Drogba	23	33	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

167

Aston Villa

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Agbonlahor

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age25 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

10N'Zogbia78

Charles N'Zogbia

France

B.date28/05/1986

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

7Ireland28

Stephen Ireland

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/08/1986

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

12Albrighton78

Marc Albrighton

England

B.date18/11/1989

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21Clark

Ciaran Clark

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/09/1989

Age22 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

19Petrov8384

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight central midfielder

3Warnock

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age32 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

6Collins

James Collins

Wales

B.date23/08/1983

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

24Cuéllar

Carlos Cuéllar

Spain

B.date23/08/1981

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

22Guzan

Brad Guzan

United States

B.date09/09/1984

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Brad Guzan		27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Carlos Cuéllar		30	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	James Collins		28	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Ciaran Clark		22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Richard Dunne		32	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Stephen Warnock		30	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Stilian Petrov	8384	32	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Charles N'Zogbia	78	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Stephen Ireland	28	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Marc Albrighton	78	22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gabriel Agbonlahor		25	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	D	José Bosingwa	75	29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard	57	33	533	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fernando Torres	62	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
38	M	Gary Gardner	78	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Barry Bannan	84	22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darren Bent	8678	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Didier Drogba

Fernando Torres

OUT

Ramires

Frank Lampard

OUT

Paulo Ferreira

José Bosingwa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stephen Ireland

Emile Heskey

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

André Villas-Boãs

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Villas-Boãs vs Aston Villa

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2011

Villas-Boãs vs McLeish

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2011

Manager

Age

Match num

Alex McLeish

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

McLeish vs Chelsea

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 2011

McLeish vs Villas-Boãs

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2011

Referee

Mark Halsey

23 victories	9 draws	9 losses	Chelsea41 matches	General total	Aston Villa41 matches	12 victories	11 draws	18 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Chelsea3 matches	Season total	Aston Villa4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on January 30, 2013					Latest figure on January 12, 2013

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Key figures

It's the first time Stilian Petrov scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in his professional career

The last time Chelsea has ended with the score 1-3 at home in Premier League, It was on the 11/05/2002 (vs )

Chelsea keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 12/12/2011). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/11/2010-27/12/2010 time period (8 matches).

Read the next 28 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LChelsea 1-2 Liverpool20/11/2011

VChelsea 3-0 Wolverhampton26/11/2011

LChelsea 0-2 Liverpool29/11/2011

VChelsea 3-0 Valencia CF06/12/2011

VChelsea 2-1 Manchester City12/12/2011

DChelsea 1-1 Fulham26/12/2011

Overall

VNewcastle United 0-3 Chelsea03/12/2011

VChelsea 3-0 Valencia CF06/12/2011

VChelsea 2-1 Manchester City12/12/2011

DWigan 1-1 Chelsea17/12/2011

DTottenham 1-1 Chelsea22/12/2011

DChelsea 1-1 Fulham26/12/2011

Current form

Away

LManchester City 4-1 Aston Villa15/10/2011

DSunderland 2-2 Aston Villa29/10/2011

LTottenham 2-0 Aston Villa21/11/2011

DSwansea 0-0 Aston Villa27/11/2011

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa10/12/2011

DStoke City 0-0 Aston Villa26/12/2011

Overall

DSwansea 0-0 Aston Villa27/11/2011

LAston Villa 0-1 Manchester United03/12/2011

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa10/12/2011

LAston Villa 0-2 Liverpool18/12/2011

LAston Villa 1-2 Arsenal21/12/2011

DStoke City 0-0 Aston Villa26/12/2011

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	113
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	12

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
10	Victories (Competition total)	4
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	8
1	Draws (Home / Away)	6
4	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.06
2.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Daniel Sturridge	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Darren Bent
Juan Manuel Mata	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Stilian Petrov
Frank Lampard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Darren Bent
Frank Lampard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Barry Bannan
Juan Manuel Mata	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Charles N'Zogbia
Juan Manuel Mata	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Charles N'Zogbia
Juan Manuel Mata	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Marc Albrighton

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

36 v

14 d

21 l

116 gf

85 ga

Away

68 matches

15 v

20 d

33 l

89 gf

123 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Total

141 matches

53 v

34 d

54 l

209 gf

208 ga

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

33 v

20 d

15 l

123 gf

89 ga

Away

71 matches

21 v

14 d

36 l

85 gf

116 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

141 matches

54 v

34 d

53 l

208 gf

209 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	March 27, 2010
Home	7 - 1	March 27, 2010

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

January 02, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Chelsea

3 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 16, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Chelsea

April 10, 2010 - FA Cup 2009/2010

Aston Villa

0 - 3

Chelsea

March 27, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Chelsea

7 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 17, 2009 - Premier League 2009/2010

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Robert Tambling	12 goals	1961 - 1967
Frank Lampard	11 goals	2002 - 2011
Jimmy Greaves	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Didier Drogba	5 goals	2006 - 2011
Tore André Flo	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965

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
Gordon Cowans	2 goals	1978 - 1990
Marcus Allbäck	2 goals	2003 - 2003
Gabriel Agbonlahor	2 goals	2006 - 2007

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

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Frank Lampard	21 matches	2002 - 2011
John Terry	21 matches	1998 - 2011
Dennis Wise	16 matches	1990 - 2001
Peter Bonetti	15 matches	1960 - 1979
Petr Cech	14 matches	2004 - 2011
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1967

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

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Gareth Barry	22 matches	1998 - 2009
Steve Staunton	17 matches	1991 - 2003
Ian Taylor	16 matches	1994 - 2001
Alan Wright	16 matches	1995 - 2002
Lee Hendrie	15 matches	1998 - 2005
Olof Mellberg	15 matches	2002 - 2007