Aston Villa 1-4 Chelsea (Mar 4, 2026)

AVL

CHE

2'

Douglas Luiz

Assist: Leon Bailey

32'

Matty Cash

35'

João Pedro

Assist: Malo Gusto

45'

+6

João Pedro

Assist: Enzo Fernández

HT 1-2

45'

Lamar Bogarde

Matty Cash

54'

João Pedro

55'

Cole Palmer

58'

Morgan Rogers

58'

Enzo Fernández

63'

Jadon Sancho

Emiliano Buendía

63'

Ross Barkley

Douglas Luiz

63'

Alysson Edward

Leon Bailey

64'

João Pedro

Assist: Alejandro Garnacho

68'

Ollie Watkins

72'

Tammy Abraham

Ollie Watkins

75'

Roméo Lavia

Malo Gusto

79'

Marc Cucurella

Enzo Fernández

79'

Tosin Adarabioyo

Wesley Fofana

85'

Liam Delap

João Pedro

85'

Andrey Santos

Cole Palmer

FT 1-4

AVL

Team Stats

CHE

Possession

43%

57%

0.88

xG

3.92

9 (4)

Shots (On Target)

15 (8)

17

Touches in Opp Box

35

3

Corners

8

Top Performers

Rating

9.8

Pedro

CHE

xG

2.68

Pedro

CHE

Chances Created

6

Garnacho

CHE

Take-ons

2

Hato

CHE

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	31	21	7	3	39	70
2	Man City	30	18	7	5	32	61
3	Man United	31	15	10	6	13	55
4	Aston Villa	31	16	6	9	5	54
5	Liverpool	31	14	7	10	8	49
6	Chelsea	31	13	9	9	15	48
7	Brentford	31	13	7	11	4	46
8	Everton	31	13	7	11	2	46
9	Fulham	31	13	5	13	-1	44
10	Brighton	31	11	10	10	4	43
11	Sunderland	31	11	10	10	-4	43
12	Newcastle	31	12	6	13	-1	42
13	Bournemouth	31	9	15	7	-2	42
14	Crystal Palace	30	10	9	11	-2	39
15	Leeds	31	7	12	12	-11	33
16	Nottm Forest	31	8	8	15	-12	32
17	Tottenham	31	7	9	15	-10	30
18	West Ham	31	7	8	16	-21	29
19	Burnley	31	4	8	19	-28	20
20	Wolves	31	3	8	20	-30	17

Game Summary

Aston Villa fell to Chelsea, 4 to 1, in the Premier League on March 4.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 29

March 4, 2026

Villa Park

Birmingham, England

6° C

Referee Jarred Gillett

Assistant Ref Neil Davies

Assistant Ref Steve Meredith

Fourth Official Samuel Barrott

Video Referee James Bell

AVL

4-2-3-1

5.5

Martínez

22

5.5

Maatsen

5

5.6

Mings

4

5.8

Konsa

2

45'

5.5

Cash

63'

7.2

Luiz

5.7

Onana

5.2

Rogers

10

63'

6.5

Buendía

63'

6.5

Bailey

72'

6.2

Watkins

12

7.3

Jørgensen

6.5

Hato

23

6.7

Chalobah

29

79'

6.7

Fofana

75'

7.0

Gusto

79'

8.2

Fernández

7.2

Caicedo

6.6

James

8.0

Garnacho

85'

9.8

Pedro

85'

8.7

Palmer

CHE

4-3-3

AVL

Managers

CHE

Unai Emery

Liam Rosenior

AVL

Substitutes

CHE

6.1

26

Bogarde

45'

6.3

45

Lavia

75'

7.4

6

Barkley

63'

6.7

3

Cucurella

79'

7.0

19

Sancho

63'

6.6

4

Adarabioyo

79'

5.8

47

Edward

63'

6.7

9

Delap

85'

7.3

18

Abraham

72'

6.6

17

Santos

85'

40

Bizot

1

Sánchez

3

Nilsson-Lindelöf

5

Badiashile

12

Digne

19

Sarr

14

Torres

38

Guiu

1'

R. James takes a corner.

1'

M. Caicedo is caught offside.

2'

D. Luiz scores a goal. L. Bailey assists on the shot.

5'

A. Onana commits a foul.

6'

J. Pedro made a shot on target.

7'

R. James takes a corner.

7'

R. James takes a corner.

8'

J. Hato commits a foul.

9'

D. Luiz is caught offside.

10'

M. Cash commits a foul.

11'

W. Fofana commits a foul.

15'

C. Palmer made a shot on target.

16'

R. James takes a corner.

16'

W. Fofana made a shot on target.

22'

A. Garnacho made a shot on target.

22'

R. James takes a corner.

24'

E. Fernández made a shot on target.

24'

O. Watkins made a shot on target.

29'

R. James made a shot on target.

29'

A. Garnacho made a shot on target.

30'

R. James takes a corner.

30'

W. Fofana misses the shot.

31'

O. Watkins made a shot on target.

31'

O. Watkins takes a corner.

32'

M. Cash commits a foul.

32'

M. Cash receives a yellow card.

34'

M. Rogers made a shot on target.

35'

J. Pedro scores a goal. M. Gusto assists on the shot.

39'

T. Chalobah commits a foul.

40'

R. James takes a corner.

41'

M. Rogers is caught offside.

44'

D. Luiz commits a foul.

45'

R. James takes a corner.

45'

J. Pedro commits a foul.

45'

J. Hato misses the shot.

45'

O. Watkins commits a foul.

45'

J. Pedro scores a goal. E. Fernández assists on the shot.

45'

L. Bogarde enters the game. M. Cash leaves the game.

48'

M. Gusto commits a foul.

49'

M. Rogers misses the shot.

53'

D. Luiz commits a foul.

54'

E. Fernández commits a foul.

54'

J. Pedro commits a foul.

54'

J. Pedro receives a yellow card.

55'

C. Palmer scores a goal.

58'

M. Rogers commits a foul.

58'

M. Rogers receives a yellow card.

58'

E. Fernández receives a yellow card.

61'

D. Luiz takes a corner.

63'

J. Sancho enters the game. E. Buendía leaves the game.

63'

R. Barkley enters the game. D. Luiz leaves the game.

63'

A. Edward enters the game. L. Bailey leaves the game.

64'

J. Pedro scores a goal. A. Garnacho assists on the shot.

66'

A. Onana commits a foul.

68'

O. Watkins commits a foul.

68'

O. Watkins receives a yellow card.

69'

T. Chalobah is caught offside.

71'

J. Pedro misses the shot.

72'

T. Abraham enters the game. O. Watkins leaves the game.

73'

L. Bogarde commits a foul.

75'

R. Lavia enters the game. M. Gusto leaves the game.

79'

M. Cucurella enters the game. E. Fernández leaves the game.

79'

T. Adarabioyo enters the game. W. Fofana leaves the game.

80'

J. Sancho takes a corner.

80'

A. Edward misses the shot.

82'

A. Garnacho made a shot on target.

84'

M. Rogers misses the shot.

84'

R. Barkley made a shot on target.

85'

L. Delap enters the game. J. Pedro leaves the game.

85'

A. Santos enters the game. C. Palmer leaves the game.

90'

T. Abraham misses the shot.

90'

T. Chalobah commits a foul.

90'

L. Delap commits a foul.

All

1st

2nd

AVL

Attacking Stats

CHE

Possession

43%

57%

0.88

xG | Expand

3.92

9

Shots

15

4

Shots on Target

8

5

Shots off Target

7

1

Shots Blocked

4

1

Hit Woodwork

0

2

Big Chances Missed

2

588

Touches

738

17

Touches in Opp Box

35

1/7 (14%)

Take-ons

6/11 (55%)

3

Corners

8

AVL

Passing Stats

CHE

1.03

xA | Expand

2.39

2

Big Chances Created

5

7

Chances Created

13

365/424 (86%)

Passes

514/564 (91%)

6

Key Passes

9

36

Long Ball Passes

30

103

Final Third Passes

91

1/11 (9%)

Crosses

3/19 (16%)

1/2 (50%)

Through Balls

3/5 (60%)

2

Offsides

2

AVL

Defending Stats

CHE

11

Tackles

15

8

Tackles Won

6

0

Last Man Tackles

1

7

Interceptions

8

16

Clearances

17

43

Recoveries

43

0

Errors Leading to Shot

0

Errors Leading to Goal

0

Penalties Conceded

0

4

Goalkeeper Saves

3

AVL

Other Stats

CHE

3

Yellow Cards

2

0

Red Cards

0

10

Fouls

9

27

Duels Won

36

6

Aerials Won

5

3

Corners Won

8

101

Possessions Lost

96

9

Times Dispossessed

6

AVL

CHE

Player	Rating	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Shots on Target	xG
Ross Barkley R. Barkley #6	7.4	28	0	0	0	0.01
Tammy Abraham T. Abraham #18	7.3	19	0	0	0	0.35
Douglas Luiz D. Luiz #21	7.2	62	1	0	1	0.14
Jadon Sancho J. Sancho #19	7.0	28	0	0	0	0.00
Emiliano Buendía E. Buendía #10	6.5	62	0	0	0	0.00
Leon Bailey L. Bailey #31	6.5	62	0	1	0	0.00
Ollie Watkins O. Watkins #11	6.2	71	0	0	2	0.20
Lamar Bogarde L. Bogarde #26	6.1	45	0	0	0	0.00
Ezri Konsa E. Konsa #4	5.8	90	0	0	0	0.00
Alysson Edward A. Edward #47	5.8	28	0	0	0	0.05
Amadou Onana A. Onana #24	5.7	90	0	0	0	0.00
Tyrone Mings T. Mings #5	5.6	90	0	0	0	0.00
Matty Cash M. Cash #2	5.5	45	0	0	0	0.00
Ian Maatsen I. Maatsen #22	5.5	90	0	0	0	0.00
Morgan Rogers M. Rogers #27	5.2	90	0	0	1	0.13