Goals and highlights: Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa in Premier League 2023

Match ends. Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa

The referee adds five minutes to the match.

DIBU! Once again Emiliano Martinez deflects Pulisic's shot straight at goal with one hand.

Aston Villa: Luiz out, Dendoncker in

Final stretch of the match. Everything seems to indicate that Aston Villa will take the victory from Stamford Bridge.
 

Attempt missed. Leon Bailey left footed shot from outside the box.

Chelsea: Kovacic and Cucurella out; Gallagher and Pulisic in.

Kovacic's shot on the edge of the box goes over the Villa goal.

Aston Villa: Buendia out, Bailey in

Yellow card for Enzo Fernández.

KANTE! Chelsea came close to scoring an equalizer when the Frenchman's cross-shot went just wide of the far post.

Scored by McGinn.

𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋 | 𝖢𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾𝖺 0-2 𝖠𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖵𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖺 (𝖬𝖼𝖦𝗂𝗇𝗇) pic.twitter.com/Ev1xdwCsvp

— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) April 1, 2023

We reached the hour mark. The visitors with the comfortable lead, start to manage the game better, but Chelsea still have the possession.

Chelsea: N'Golo Kanté replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Noni Madueke replaces Mykhailo Mudryk.

GOAL ASTON VILLA! Scored by McGinn.

Yellow card for Chilwell.

First minutes of the second half. Chelsea continues with the same first half's first half arriving to the opponent's area.

Aston Villa change at half-time

In: Chambers.

Out: Kamara.

The second half starts!

First half ends. Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa.

Chelsea goal disallowed for a foul on the play.

The referee adds two minutes to the first half.

DIBU! Again the Aston Villa goalkeeper concedes a corner kick after a great low save that was heading straight for goal.

Final stretch of the match. Chelsea look for an equalizer before the break.

Yellow card for Kovacic.

Kovacic manages to beat the rival defense with a great pass over the defense. Chilwell controls with his chest, but the shot ends up hitting the post.

Mudryk misses an important arrival. He entered the area alone and took a cross shot without power, which Dibu saved without any problem.

We reached the half hour mark, Chelsea were relentless in their search for an equalizer.

Scored by Watkins

𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋 | 𝖢𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾𝖺 0-1 𝖠𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖵𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖺 (𝖶𝖺𝗍𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗌) pic.twitter.com/FzEWiEOH1e

— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) April 1, 2023

DIBU! Aston Villa's goalkeeper deflects a shot that was going straight to the near post.

GOAL ASTON VILLA! Scored by Ollie Watkins

McGinn's first-time left-footed shot crashes against the crossbar.

Offside, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic tries a through ball, but Ben Chilwell is caught offside.

Watkins had the first important arrival. Alone in the box he took a cross shot, but the ball went wide of the far post.

Dibu Martínez made a mistake at the start and touched the ball to the defender, but Enzo Fernández anticipated to take the ball away, but Martínez deflected it for a corner kick.

Yellow card for Kamara

The match starts

Kepa; James, Koulibaly, Cucurella, Chilwell; Enzo, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek; Mudryk, Havertz, Joao Félix.

Dibu Martínez; Ashley Young, Konsa, Mings, Álex Moreno; McGinn, Douglas Luiz; Kamara, Ramsey, Buendía; Watkins.

 

Both teams are already on the Velodrome Stadium pitch warming up for the match, which is just minutes away from kick-off.

 

 

On the other hand, Unai Emery's team will only have three absences for this match which are:

Coutinho (hamstring injury).

Steer (Achilles tendon injury)

Cash (calf injury)

For this match, Graham Potter will have several absentees and doubts for several important players. Sterling, Thiago Silva and Broja will not be available due to injury. Fofana, James, Havertz, Mendy, Aubameyand and Azpilicueta are also doubtful.

They're here! The protagonists are ready. Both Chelsea and Aston Villa players are already at Stamford Bridge Stadium for this matchday 29 game.

In the long history of meetings between Chelsea and Aston Villa, the Blues have the balance in their favor with 29 wins to Villa's 13. Only 13 draws have been recorded. The most recent match between the two ended in a 0-2 Chelsea victory.

The venue for this match between Chelsea and Aston Villa will be the Stamford Bridge Stadium, a sports venue that hosts Chelsea's home matches. This stadium is located in the city of London, England and has a capacity of just over 41 thousand spectators.

All set! We are just under an hour away from the start of this match that looks to be evenly matched, corresponding to the 29th round of the Premier League between Chelsea and Aston Villa, two teams that live very similar realities in the English league and will be looking for a victory to climb positions in the standings. Will either team be able to get the win? Follow our coverage on VAVEL USA.

Follow Chelsea vs Aston Villa live score here. Everything you need to know about this Premier League matchday 29 game is on VAVEL. In a few more moments we will present you with more data, news, images, starting lineups and everything that comes out of the Stamford Bridge Stadium, home of the Blues. Don't miss a single detail of the Chelsea vs Aston Villa match live, updated and commented by VAVEL USA.

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This is the kick-off time for the Chelsea vs Aston Villa City match on April 1 in several countries:

Argentina: 12:30 pm

Chile: 12:30 pm

Colombia: 10:30 am

Peru: 12:30 p.m.

USA: 12:30 p.m. ET

Mexico: 10:30 a.m. CDMX

Ecuador: 12:30 p.m.

Uruguay: 12:30 p.m.

Paraguay: 11:30 a.m.

Spain: 5:30 p.m.

Emiliano Martínez; Alex Moreno, Tyrone Mings, Ezri Konsa, Matty Cash; Jacob Ramsey, Douglas Luiz, Emiliano Buendía, John McGinn; Ollie Watkins, Leon Bailey.

Kepa Arrizabalaga; Wesley Fofana, Kalidou Koulibaly, Benoit Badiashile; Reece James, Mateo Kovacic, Enzo Fernandez, Ben Chilwell; Christian Pulisic, Kai Havertz, Joao Felix

The central referee for this Chelsea vs Aston Villa will be Andy Madley; Harry Lennard, first row; Steven Meredith, second row; Dean Whitestone, fourth assistant.

On the other hand, Aston Villa, managed by the Spaniard Unai Emery, is having a regular season so far in the Premier League and has a balance quite similar to that of tonight's opponent as it is one place below Chelsea, specifically in 11th place with a record of 38 points with 11 wins, 5 draws and 11 defeats. Being far from the championship places in the Premier League, the lions still have aspirations of placing themselves in the European competition zone. In their most recent English league match, Aston Villa achieved a resounding 3-0 victory over Bournemouth with goals from Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, and Emiliano Buendia.

The Blues, coached by Graham Potter, have not had the best season and, after the dismissal of Tuchel, the Londoners have struggled to return to the top of the Premier League standings. Although Chelsea still has aspirations in the Champions League, Potter's pupils are looking to recover in their local league, as they are currently in 10th place in the Premier League with 38 points, the result of 10 wins, 8 draws and 9 defeats so far in the competition. They come into this match on a run of 3 wins and 1 draw, which came in their most recent match. Everton managed to rescue a draw at Stamford Bridge after Chelsea managed to take the lead on two occasions, however, Everton managed to equalize the score on two occasions to make it 2-2.

Activity resumes in all the leagues and cups of the world after the last FIFA date. This weekend, we will have a very attractive match in the 29th round of the English Premier League, one of the most attractive soccer leagues. The Stamford Bridge stadium will witness the clash between Chelsea and Aston Villa. Both teams will want to keep on winning this season, so they will be looking for a victory to keep on climbing positions in this competition. Will the locals or the visitors be able to achieve it?

The Chelsea - Aston Villa match will be played at Stamford Bridge Stadium, in London, England. Kickoff is scheduled for 10:30 am (ET).

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