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Premier League Matchweek 29
Full timeFinished

Score

14Premier League Matchweek 29

Away

Chelsea

Official XI

0 outs • 0 returns

Kick-off

4 Mar 2026, 19:30 UTC

Venue

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance

42,084 official

Referee

Jarred Gillett

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

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1
7.247 nations27.7 y184 cm24.3 apps

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

Away • Official lineup

Chelsea

4-3-3
7.257 nations23.5 y184 cm24.6 apps

Official lineup released in 4-3-3.

  1. Martínez
  1. Maatsen
  2. Mings
  3. Konsa
  4. Cash
    • 32'Matty Cash booked 32'
    • 45'Matty Cash off 45'
  1. Luiz
    • 2'Douglas Luiz scored 2'
    • 63'Douglas Luiz off 63'
  2. Buendía
    • 63'Emiliano Buendía off 63'
  1. Bailey
    • 63'Leon Bailey off 63'
  2. Rogers
    • 58'Morgan Rogers booked 58'
  3. Onana
  1. Watkins
    • 68'Ollie Watkins booked 68'
    • 71'Ollie Watkins off 71'
  1. Palmer
    • 55'Cole Palmer scored 55'
    • 85'Cole Palmer off 85'
  2. Pedro
    • 35'João Pedro scored 35'
    • 51'João Pedro scored 51'
    • 54'João Pedro booked 54'
    • 64'João Pedro scored 64'
    • 85'João Pedro off 85'
  3. Garnacho
  1. Fernández
    • 58'Enzo Fernández booked 58'
    • 79'Enzo Fernández off 79'
  2. James
  3. Caicedo
  1. Hato
  2. Chalobah
  3. Gusto
    • 75'Malo Gusto off 75'
  4. Fofana
    • 79'Wesley Fofana off 79'
  1. Jörgensen

Aston Villa

Bench

9
  1. 47A. Edward
    6.3819182 cm3 apps
    • 63'Alysson Edward on 63'
  2. 26L. Bogarde
    6.5922183 cm24 apps
    • 45'Lamare Bogarde on 45'
  3. 19J. Sancho
    6.9725180 cm20 apps
    • 63'Jadon Sancho on 63'
  4. 18T. Abraham
    6.7128190 cm10 apps
    • 71'Tammy Abraham on 71'
  5. 14P. Torres
    7.2429191 cm18 apps
  6. 12L. Digne
    7.1832178 cm28 apps
  7. 40M. Bizot
    6.9334193 cm6 apps
  8. 3V. Lindelöf
    6.8631187 cm13 apps
  9. 6R. Barkley
    7.1332189 cm16 apps
    • 63'Ross Barkley on 63'

Chelsea

Bench

9
  1. 1R. Sánchez
    7.2728197 cm32 apps
  2. 3M. Cucurella
    7.1527174 cm30 apps
    • 79'Marc Cucurella on 79'
  3. 4T. Adarabioyo
    6.6528196 cm15 apps
    • 79'Tosin Adarabioyo on 79'
  4. 5B. Badiashile
    6.7424194 cm8 apps
  5. 9L. Delap
    6.8523186 cm25 apps
    • 85'Liam Delap on 85'
  6. 17A. Santos
    6.6821180 cm24 apps
    • 85'Andrey Santos on 85'
  7. 19M. Sarr
    6.5920194 cm2 apps
  8. 38M. Guiu
    6.5320187 cm8 apps
  9. 45R. Lavia
    6.7622181 cm11 apps
    • 75'Roméo Lavia on 75'

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 2'
    Home1-0
    Douglas Luiz scored

    Aston Villa. Assist Leon Bailey.

  2. 32'
    Home
    Matty Cash booked

    Aston Villa.

  3. 35'
    Away1-1
    João Pedro scored

    Chelsea. Assist Malo Gusto.

  4. 45'
    Home
    Lamare Bogarde on

    Aston Villa. Matty Cash off.

  5. 51'
    Away1-2
    João Pedro scored

    Chelsea. Assist Enzo Fernández.

  6. 54'
    Away
    João Pedro booked

    Chelsea.

  7. 55'
    Away1-3
    Cole Palmer scored

    Chelsea. Assist João Pedro.

  8. 58'
    Home
    Morgan Rogers booked

    Aston Villa.

  9. 58'
    Away
    Enzo Fernández booked

    Chelsea.

  10. 63'
    Home
    Jadon Sancho on

    Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía off.

  11. 63'
    Home
    Ross Barkley on

    Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz off.

  12. 63'
    Home
    Alysson Edward on

    Aston Villa. Leon Bailey off.

  13. 64'
    Away1-4
    João Pedro scored

    Chelsea. Assist Alejandro Garnacho.

  14. 68'
    Home
    Ollie Watkins booked

    Aston Villa.

  15. 71'
    Home
    Tammy Abraham on

    Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins off.

  16. 75'
    Away
    Roméo Lavia on

    Chelsea. Malo Gusto off.

  17. 79'
    Away
    Tosin Adarabioyo on

    Chelsea. Wesley Fofana off.

  18. 79'
    Away
    Marc Cucurella on

    Chelsea. Enzo Fernández off.

  19. 85'
    Away
    Liam Delap on

    Chelsea. João Pedro off.

  20. 85'
    Away
    Andrey Santos on

    Chelsea. Cole Palmer off.

  21. FT
    Final 1-4

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 0.78
    AttackxG
    3.6
  2. 9
    AttackTotal Shots
    15
  3. 431
    PassingTotal Passes
    565
  4. 8
    DefendingTackles Won
    6
  5. 8
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    11

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 196 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 15:38 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

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