Premier League

Aston Villa 0-4 Chelsea

Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 02 Apr 2016, 15:45 Venue time 02 Apr 2016, 16:45 BST

Aston Villa vs Chelsea finished 0-4 in Premier League. Key event: 9' Micah Richards (assist Carles Gil · xG 0.07 · Set Piece · location 92.9%, 49.3%). Head to head: H2H last 3 before 02 Apr 2016: 0 W / 0 D / 3 L for Aston Villa. Home form: L L L L L; Away form: D D W W W. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 6.46 / 4.00 / 1.57; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (02 Apr 2016): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L L L L L Matches: 5 · 0 pts, goals 2-12, 0.40 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match

Away form D D W W W Matches: 5 · 11 pts, goals 12-6, 2.40 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Aston Villa · season record 3 W · 7 D · 21 L 2015/2016: 31 recorded matches, goals 22–58; before 02 Apr 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Chelsea · season record 10 W · 11 D · 9 L 2015/2016: 30 recorded matches, goals 45–41; before 02 Apr 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 52 events

The goal sequence could not be confirmed against the final score. Available events are shown below.

9' shot Micah Richards AST assist Carles Gil xG 0.07 · Set Piece · location 92.9%, 49.3%

10' shot Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma CHE Open Play · Off T · xG 0.04

10' shot Pedro CHE xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 78.2%, 47.2%

13' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Aly Cissokho xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.8%, 80.6%

17' shot Alan Hutton AST assist Rudy Gestede xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.8%, 38%

21' shot Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno AST Open Play · Off T · xG 0.01

21' shot Jordan Ayew AST xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.8%, 73.8%

21' shot Joleon Lescott AST assist Ashley Westwood xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 86.6%, 61.8%

21' shot Carlos Sánchez AST xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 75.8%, 57.7%

22' Sub Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva CHE on for Loïc Rémy · Injury

25' shot Ruben Loftus-Cheek CHE assist César Azpilicueta xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.5%, 44.6%

27' Yellow Idrissa Gana Gueye AST Yellow Card

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27' Yellow Francesc Fàbregas i Soler CHE Yellow Card

29' Yellow Cesc Fàbregas CHE

30' shot Carles Gil de Pareja Vicent AST Open Play · Saved · xG 0.27

30' shot Carles Gil AST assist Jordan Ayew xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 94%, 67.8%

33' shot Jordan Ayew AST xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 79.3%, 66.4%

36' shot Abdul Rahman Baba CHE assist Cesc Fàbregas xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 94.9%, 66.3%

39' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Carles Gil xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.2%, 57.3%

40' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Carles Gil xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.5%, 53.2%

44' shot Ruben Loftus-Cheek CHE xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.6%, 55.9%

45' Sub Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior CHE on for Robert Kenedy Nunes do Nascimento · Tactical

45' Goal Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma CHE Open Play · Goal

45' shot Pedro CHE assist Oscar xG 0.56 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 52.2%

45+1' Yellow Aly Cissokho AST Yellow Card

45+2' Goal Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva CHE Penalty · Goal

45+2' Yellow Aly Cissokho AST

47' shot Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior CHE Open Play · Saved · xG 0.06

47' shot Alexandre Pato CHE xG 0.76 · Right Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

47' shot Oscar CHE assist Ruben Loftus-Cheek xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 71.3%

49' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Rudy Gestede xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.3%, 47.6%

58' shot Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva CHE Open Play · Saved · xG 0.07

58' Goal Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma CHE Open Play · Goal

58' shot Alexandre Pato CHE assist Oscar xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.6%, 67.2%

58' shot Pedro CHE xG 0.58 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 97.6%, 42.5%

60' Yellow Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno AST Yellow Card

61' Yellow Carlos Sánchez AST

65' Sub Jack Grealish AST on for Carles Gil de Pareja Vicent · Tactical

66' Sub Leandro Bacuna AST on for Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno · Tactical

70' shot Ashley Westwood AST assist Jack Grealish xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.6%, 50.5%

70' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Alan Hutton xG 0.22 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.9%, 38%

71' shot Ashley Westwood AST xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.8%, 50.5%

73' Sub Jake-Liam Clarke-Salter CHE on for Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma · Tactical

77' Yellow Alan Hutton AST Yellow Card

78' shot Branislav Ivanovic CHE xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 72.8%, 74.1%

78' Yellow Alan Hutton AST

81' Sub Jordan Lyden AST on for Idrissa Gana Gueye · Tactical

83' shot Abdul Rahman Baba CHE assist Oscar xG 0.14 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.1%, 45.7%

84' Red Alan Hutton AST Second Yellow

85' Yellow Alan Hutton AST

86' Yellow Ashley Westwood AST Yellow Card

87' shot Jack Grealish AST assist Jordan Ayew xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.6%, 66.6%

Shot map 26 shots · 4 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Aston Villa 15 shots · 0.73 xG · 0 goals

Chelsea 11 shots · 2.52 xG · 4 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Chelsea160 plotted of 243 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Aston Villa160 plotted of 317 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Chelsea58 exact passer-recipient links

LOF COU IVA MIA BAB RÉM

LOFRuben Loftus-Cheek7 passes
COUThibaut Courtois16 passes
IVABranislav Ivanović16 passes
MIAMatt Miazga11 passes
BABAbdul Rahman Baba7 passes
RÉMLoïc Rémy1 passes

Aston Villa163 exact passer-recipient links

AYE GRE HUT LES RIC CIS WES GES LYD BAC

AYEJordan Ayew12 passes
GREJack Grealish9 passes
HUTAlan Hutton14 passes
LESJoleon Lescott28 passes
RICMicah Richards15 passes
CISAly Cissokho30 passes
WESAshley Westwood26 passes
GESRudy Gestede16 passes
LYDJordan Lyden7 passes
BACLeandro Bacuna6 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Chelsea243 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Aston Villa317 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 38 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

Aston VillaChelsea

0–5′6–94
5–10′0–100
10–15′22–78
15–20′0–100
20–25′34–66
25–30′88–12
30–35′27–73
35–40′7–93
40–45′7–93
45–50′52–48
50–55′13–87
55–60′100–0
60–65′100–0
65–70′82–18
70–75′0–100
75–80′0–100
80–85′46–54
85–90′46–54

Head-to-head Meetings: 10

Head-to-head is level over the last 10 meetings: 4 wins each and 2 draws. Latest meeting: 04 Mar 2026 · Aston Villa vs Chelsea · 1 - 4.

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Latest 10 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 10 after this match (02 Apr 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

04 Mar 2026

Aston Villa 1 - 4 Chelsea

27 Dec 2025

Chelsea 1 - 2 Aston Villa

22 Feb 2025

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Chelsea

01 Dec 2024

Chelsea 3 - 0 Aston Villa

27 Apr 2024

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Chelsea

24 Sep 2023

Chelsea 0 - 1 Aston Villa

01 Apr 2023

Chelsea 0 - 2 Aston Villa

16 Oct 2022

Aston Villa 0 - 2 Chelsea

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26 Dec 2021

Aston Villa 1 - 3 Chelsea

22 Sep 2021

Chelsea 1 - 1 Aston Villa

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (02 Apr 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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31 Oct 2026

Aston Villa 1 - 1 Fulham