Chelsea vs Aston Villa: December 27, 2025

Aston Villa beat Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, London on December 27, 2025 (2025-26 Premier League).

Full time · Played December 27, 2025 · Updated October 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM ET · StatsNext match records

Score by half

Team1st half2nd halfFinal
Chelsea101
Aston Villa022

Goals

  • 37′ Chelsea: João Pedro
  • 63′ Aston Villa: Ollie Watkins
  • 84′ Aston Villa: Ollie Watkins

Match statistics

StatisticChelseaAston Villa
Expected goals (xG)2.11.2
Shots1411
Shots on target38
Big chances25
Possession %62.737.3
Passes522320
Corners67
Fouls168
Yellow cards53
Red cards00
Saves62

What stood out

  • Expected goals: Chelsea 2.1, Aston Villa 1.2.
  • Shots: Chelsea 14, Aston Villa 11.
  • Managers: Willy Caballero (Chelsea), Unai Emery (Aston Villa).

Player lines

  • Alejandro Garnacho (AVL): 69 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 1 SH, 0 SOT, 0.0 xG, 0.2 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • Boubacar Kamara (AVL): 83 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 1 SH, 1 SOT, 0.2 xG, 0 xA, 1 YC, 0 RC
  • Cole Palmer (CHE): 72 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 3 SH, 1 SOT, 0.2 xG, 0.1 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • Enzo Fernández (MNC): 90 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 2 SH, 0 SOT, 0.2 xG, 0.3 xA, 1 YC, 0 RC
  • Estêvão (CHE, substitute): 18 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 0 SH, 0 SOT, 0 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • Ezri Konsa (ARS): 90 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 0 SH, 0 SOT, 0.0 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • Ian Maatsen (AVL): 83 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 1 SH, 1 SOT, 0.1 xG, 0 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • João Pedro (CHE): 69 MIN, 1 G, 0 A, 3 SH, 2 SOT, 1.4 xG, 0.0 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • John McGinn (AVL): 59 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 0 SH, 0 SOT, 0 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • Liam Delap (NFO, substitute): 21 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 0 SH, 0 SOT, 0 xA, 1 YC, 0 RC
  • Malo Gusto (CHE, substitute): 21 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 0 SH, 0 SOT, 0.0 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • Matty Cash (AVL): 90 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 0 SH, 0 SOT, 0 xA, 1 YC, 0 RC
  • Pedro Neto (CHE): 90 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 1 SH, 0 SOT, 0.0 xG, 0.2 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • Reece James (CHE): 90 MIN, 0 G, 1 A, 2 SH, 0 SOT, 0.1 xG, 0.3 xA, 1 YC, 0 RC
  • Victor Lindelöf (AVL): 90 MIN, 0 G, 0 A, 0 SH, 0 SOT, 0 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC
  • Youri Tielemans (MAN): 90 MIN, 0 G, 1 A, 0 SH, 0 SOT, 0.2 xA, 0 YC, 0 RC

Lines for players with a StatsNext page.

Head-to-head

No earlier meeting is in these clubs’ stored results.

Full Chelsea vs Aston Villa head-to-head (2 meetings).

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