Chelsea vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Villa earn shock win at Stamford Bridge
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Chelsea host Aston Villa in Saturday’s late kick off with Graham Potter’s side in desperate need of points. The Blues come into the match sitting 10th in the table but can move closer towards the Champions League places with a victory this evening.
They are unbeaten in three league games with wins against Leeds and Leicester bringing a feeling of improvement to Stamford Bridge before a late goal saw them settle for point in a 2-2 draw with Everton just before the international break.
Aston Villa meanwhile will know that a victory would propel them above Chelsea in the table and take them past 40 points - the historic target to ensure relegation is avoided.
Unai Emery has rejuvenated the midlands side who now look a dangerous and difficult side to beat. Last time out Villa despatched Bournemouth 3-0 and they’ll be looking to impress against their rivals in the table.
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Chelsea vs Aston Villa
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Chelsea vs Aston Villa
A massive three points away from home sends Villa sky-rocketing into ninth place in the Premier League, overtaking Chelsea and Fulham to sit just one point behind Liverpool in eighth. As a result, Chelsea drop into the bottom half, with the pressure on Graham Potter growing with every passing week of the Blues' season to forget.
Chelsea vs Aston Villa
First goalscorer Ollie Watkins may have broken a club record in scoring his fifth consecutive away goal for the Villans, but John McGinn's strike capped off a fantastic all-round performance from the captain. The trying Scotsman's thunderous finish had just 0.11 xG behind it, and was his only shot on target of the match. He completed five final-third passes, creating a chance for Bailey with his last, and contested a game-high 19 duels, winning eight including four of four dribbles and coming up with possession three times. Leader.
Chelsea vs Aston Villa
It's all over, and Villa leave the Bridge with all three points! Chelsea's relative dominance of the game continued early in the second half, but they'd reckoned without John McGinn and his rocket of a left foot. The Villa captain rifled home a peach of a second goal a few minutes prior to the hour mark, and with a 2-0 lead, Villa were able to keep their focus and hold out a Chelsea side who threw everything they had at Martinez's goal. Felix, Havertz and Kante all went close, but Chelsea just couldn't find that all-important goal, failing to score at home for the fourth time in 2023. Villa's post-World Cup form ascends further, as do they in the table, displacing Chelsea in the top half to continue what has been one hell of a revival under Unai Emery.
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