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Premier League Matchweek 18
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Official XI

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Score

12Premier League Matchweek 18

Kick-off

27 Dec 2025, 17:30 UTC

Venue

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance

39,765 official

Referee

Stuart Attwell

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:33 UTC

Lineups

Confirmed lineups

Finished

Performance is a derived form score built from official current-season totals, recent starts and recent match events.

Home • Official lineup

Chelsea

4-2-3-1
7.297 nations24.7 y183 cm27.1 apps

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

Away • Official lineup

Aston Villa

4-4-2
7.178 nations28.0 y183 cm25.6 apps

Official lineup released in 4-4-2.

  1. Sánchez
  1. James
    • 57'Reece James booked 57'
  2. Chalobah
    • 68'Trevoh Chalobah booked 68'
  3. Badiashile
  4. Cucurella
    • 69'Marc Cucurella off 69'
  1. Fernández
    • 94'Enzo Fernández booked 94'
  2. Neto
  1. Garnacho
    • 69'Alejandro Garnacho off 69'
  2. Caicedo
    • 71'Moisés Caicedo booked 71'
  3. Palmer
    • 72'Cole Palmer off 72'
  1. Pedro
    • 37'João Pedro scored 37'
    • 69'João Pedro off 69'

Chelsea

Bench

9
  1. 12F. Jörgensen
    7.0023192 cm3 apps
  2. 4T. Adarabioyo
    6.6528196 cm15 apps
  3. 9L. Delap
    6.8522186 cm25 apps
    • 69'Liam Delap on 69'
    • 71'Liam Delap booked 71'
  4. 11J. Gittens
    6.7121175 cm16 apps
    • 69'Jamie Gittens on 69'
  5. 17A. Santos
    6.6821180 cm24 apps
  6. 27M. Gusto
    7.1522179 cm31 apps
    • 69'Malo Gusto on 69'
  7. 29W. Fofana
    6.9725190 cm22 apps
  8. 34J. Acheampong
    6.6819184 cm15 apps
  9. 41Estêvão
    6.9018176 cm22 apps
    • 72'Estêvão on 72'

Aston Villa

Bench

9
  1. 40M. Bizot
    6.9334193 cm6 apps
  2. 11O. Watkins
    7.8829180 cm32 apps
    • 58'Ollie Watkins on 58'
    • 63'Ollie Watkins scored 63'
    • 84'Ollie Watkins scored 84'
  3. 12L. Digne
    7.1832178 cm28 apps
    • 83'Lucas Digne on 83'
  4. 16A. García
    6.3522185 cm5 apps
  5. 19J. Sancho
    6.9725180 cm20 apps
    • 59'Jadon Sancho on 59'
  6. P. 2213
    6.20
  7. 24A. Onana
    7.3524195 cm24 apps
    • 59'Amadou Onana on 59'
  8. 26L. Bogarde
    6.5921183 cm24 apps
    • 83'Lamare Bogarde on 83'
  9. 53G. Hemmings
    6.32182 apps

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 30'
    Away
    Matty Cash booked

    Aston Villa.

  2. 37'
    Home1-0
    João Pedro scored

    Chelsea. Assist Reece James.

  3. 57'
    Home
    Reece James booked

    Chelsea.

  4. 57'
    Away
    Morgan Rogers booked

    Aston Villa.

  5. 58'
    Away
    Ollie Watkins on

    Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía off.

  6. 59'
    Away
    Jadon Sancho on

    Aston Villa. Player 2211 off.

  7. 59'
    Away
    Amadou Onana on

    Aston Villa. John McGinn off.

  8. 63'
    Away1-1
    Ollie Watkins scored

    Aston Villa.

  9. 68'
    Home
    Trevoh Chalobah booked

    Chelsea.

  10. 69'
    Home
    Malo Gusto on

    Chelsea. Marc Cucurella off.

  11. 69'
    Home
    Liam Delap on

    Chelsea. João Pedro off.

  12. 69'
    Home
    Jamie Gittens on

    Chelsea. Alejandro Garnacho off.

  13. 71'
    Home
    Moisés Caicedo booked

    Chelsea.

  14. 71'
    Home
    Liam Delap booked

    Chelsea.

  15. 72'
    Home
    Estêvão on

    Chelsea. Cole Palmer off.

  16. 78'
    Away
    Boubacar Kamara booked

    Aston Villa.

  17. 83'
    Away
    Lucas Digne on

    Aston Villa. Ian Maatsen off.

  18. 83'
    Away
    Lamare Bogarde on

    Aston Villa. Boubacar Kamara off.

  19. 84'
    Away1-2
    Ollie Watkins scored

    Aston Villa. Assist Youri Tielemans.

  20. 94'
    Home
    Enzo Fernández booked

    Chelsea.

  21. FT
    Final 1-2

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 2.14
    AttackxG
    1.19
  2. 14
    AttackTotal Shots
    11
  3. 528
    PassingTotal Passes
    321
  4. 19
    DefendingTackles Won
    2
  5. 9
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    16

Official team stats now keep xG, Total Shots, Total Passes, Tackles Won and Total Dribbles in one compact stored match-stats read.

Showing 5 of 192 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 15:05 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:33 UTC