Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Chelsea

João Pedro 37'

Aston Villa

O. Watkins 63'

O. Watkins 84'

Premier League 2025/2026

Regular Season - 18

December 27, 2025 5:30pm

Stamford Bridge, London

Key stats

Ball Possession

63%

37%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Chelsea 4-2-3-1

Aston Villa 4-4-2

Goalkeeper

Robert Sánchez

7.7

E. Martínez

7.2

Defenders

Marc Cucurella

6.9

I. Maatsen

6.3

B. Badiashile

6.5

V. Lindelöf

6.9

T. Chalobah

6.2

E. Konsa

7.2

R. James

8.2

M. Cash

6.3

Midfielders

E. Fernández

7.5

E. Buendía

6.2

M. Caicedo

7.2

Y. Tielemans

7.2

A. Garnacho

6.9

B. Kamara

6.6

C. Palmer

6.6

J. McGinn

6.6

Pedro Neto

6.3

Forwards

João Pedro

7.5

M. Rogers

6.3

D. Malen

6.5

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Highest rating

8.2

R. James

8.7

O. Watkins

Match Summary

On December 27, 2025 during the 2025/2026 Premier League match, Chelsea faced off against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge, London. The game concluded with Aston Villa securing a victory. With 63% possession, Chelsea versus Aston Villa's 37% and shots on goal at 3 to 8. Chelsea had 89% successful passes (of 515 passes) over Aston Villa which had 80% successful passes (of 316 passes). The outstanding efforts by R. James and O. Watkins played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

4-4-2

Sánchez

7.7

Played:
96Min

Saves:
6 of 8

Accurate passes:
25/30

Won duels:
1/1

James

8.2

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
7

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
57/61

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
7/7

Chalobah

6.2

Played:
96Min

Accurate passes:
69/74

Won duels:
4/9

Badiashile

6.5

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
74/80

Won duels:
4/6

Cucurella

6.9

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
30/34

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/4

Caicedo

7.2

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
62/66

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/11

Fernández

7.5

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
39/43

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/13

Dribbles:
0/1

Neto

6.3

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
38/45

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Palmer

6.6

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
22/28

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Garnacho

6.9

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
24/28

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/5

Pedro

7.5

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
6/9

Won duels:
5/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Rogers

6.3

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
16/22

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
5/17

Dribbles:
0/3

Malen

6.5

Played:
59Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
1/4

Buendía

6.2

Played:
58Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/23

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Tielemans

7.2

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
33/42

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
2/3

Kamara

6.6

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
27/34

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
0/1

McGinn

6.6

Played:
59Min

Accurate passes:
5/7

Won duels:
4/6

Maatsen

6.3

Played:
83Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
17/19

Won duels:
0/4

Dribbles:
0/2

Lindelöf

6.9

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
31/33

Won duels:
1/3

Konsa

7.2

Played:
96Min

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
34/36

Won duels:
1/1

Cash

6.3

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
14/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/7

Martínez

7.2

Played:
96Min

Saves:
2 of 3

Accurate passes:
26/36

Substitutes

Coach

Enzo Maresca

Gusto

6.6

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
10/12

Won duels:
3/3

Bynoe-Gittens

6.9

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
3/6

Won duels:
3/4

Dribbles:
2/2

Delap

6.5

Played:
27Min

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
0/1

Estêvão

6.5

Played:
24Min

Accurate passes:
1/3

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/2

Jörgensen

Fofana

Acheampong

Adarabioyo

Santos

Coach

Unai Emery

Watkins

8.7

Played:
38Min

Accurate passes:
4/8

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
1/2

Onana

6.9

Played:
37Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/13

Won duels:
1/1

Sancho

6.7

Played:
37Min

Accurate passes:
14/15

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/2

Bizot

Digne

6.7

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Won duels:
0/1

García

Bogarde

6.6

Played:
13Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
2/5

Won duels:
2/3

Hemmings

Jimoh

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Match Summary

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Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Chelsea vs Aston Villa

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline