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Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea - October 17, 2009 / Premier League 2009/2010

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Premier League 2009/2010 - Round 9

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

October 17, 2009

39 047

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Chelsea

(header) Richard Dunne

32'

Assist by Ashley Young (header) James Collins

52'

15'

Didier Drogba (right foot) Assist by Frank Lampard

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15' - Goal Didier Drogba

32' - Goal Richard Dunne32

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52' - Goal James Collins52

69' - Substitution José Bosingwais substituted by Branislav Ivanovic

82' - Substitution John Carewis substituted by Emile Heskey82

85' - Substitution Florent Maloudais substituted by Joe Cole

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Chelsea

Aston Villa Chelsea

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Carew82

John Carew

Norway

B.date05/09/1979

Age30 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Agbonlahor

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age23 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Milner

James Milner

England

B.date04/01/1986

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Petrov

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Warnock

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Dunne32

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age30 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Collins52

James Collins

Wales

B.date23/08/1983

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Cuéllar

Carlos Cuéllar

Spain

B.date23/08/1981

Age28 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age38 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Young

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		38	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Cuéllar		28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne	32	30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Collins	52	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stilian Petrov		30	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ashley Young		24	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Milner		23	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Carew	82	30	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gabriel Agbonlahor		23	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Drogba15

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age31 years

H1m89

positionStriker

Anelka

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age30 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

Deco

Portugal

B.date27/08/1977

Age32 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Malouda85

Florent Malouda

France

B.date13/06/1980

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft Winger

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age31 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Essien

Michael Essien

Ghana

B.date03/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Bosingwa69

José Bosingwa

Portugal

B.date24/08/1982

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age27 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Petr Cech		27	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Carvalho		31	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Essien		26	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		28	418	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José Bosingwa	69	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		28	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		31	439	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Deco		32	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Florent Malouda	85	29	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka		30	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Didier Drogba	15	31	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

191

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Emile Heskey	82	31	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Branislav Ivanovic	69	25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Joe Cole	85	27	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Florent Malouda

Michael Ballack

OUT

Petr Cech

Hilario

OUT

José Bosingwa

Branislav Ivanovic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

149

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

O'Neill vs Chelsea

3 victories

7 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on October 17, 2009

O'Neill vs Ancelotti

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Carlo Ancelotti

Success rate in this team:

77 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Ancelotti vs Aston Villa

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 2009

Ancelotti vs O'Neill

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 2009

Referee

Kevin Friend

5 victories	3 draws	9 losses	Aston Villa17 matches	General total	Chelsea37 matches	20 victories	12 draws	5 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa3 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 31, 2019					Latest figure on May 01, 2022

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Key figures

It's the first time James Collins scores a goal in Premier League since the 09/04/2006 (with vs )

Only back at the time of Joe Mercer head of (01/12/1958-31/07/1964), you can see a manager go over Martin O'Neill with 1.48 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.55).

Aston Villa keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 26/09/2009).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 0-2 Wigan15/08/2009

VAston Villa 2-1 Rapid Vienne27/08/2009

VAston Villa 2-0 Fulham30/08/2009

VAston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth19/09/2009

VAston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City23/09/2009

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City05/10/2009

Overall

VAston Villa 2-0 Fulham30/08/2009

VBirmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa13/09/2009

VAston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth19/09/2009

VAston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City23/09/2009

LBlackburn 2-1 Aston Villa26/09/2009

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City05/10/2009

Current form

Away

VSunderland 2-3 Chelsea24/05/2009

VSunderland 1-3 Chelsea18/08/2009

VFulham 0-2 Chelsea23/08/2009

VStoke City 1-2 Chelsea12/09/2009

LWigan 3-1 Chelsea26/09/2009

VAPOEL 0-1 Chelsea30/09/2009

Overall

VChelsea 1-0 FC Porto15/09/2009

VChelsea 3-0 Tottenham20/09/2009

VChelsea 1-0 Queens Park Rangers23/09/2009

LWigan 3-1 Chelsea26/09/2009

VAPOEL 0-1 Chelsea30/09/2009

VChelsea 2-0 Liverpool04/10/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	5	8
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	7	11
Scoring streak	7	18
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

46	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	3
8	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	7
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.25
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (1 times)

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Gabriel Agbonlahor	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Didier Drogba
Gabriel Agbonlahor	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Didier Drogba
James Milner	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Frank Lampard
James Milner	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Frank Lampard
James Milner	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Didier Drogba
James Milner	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Nicolas Anelka
James Milner	1 goal, 3 assists during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	6 goals, 5 assists during the last 8 matches	Didier Drogba

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

32 v

19 d

15 l

121 gf

88 ga

Away

69 matches

21 v

13 d

35 l

81 gf

106 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

136 matches

53 v

32 d

51 l

202 gf

195 ga

Historical head to head

Home

69 matches

35 v

13 d

21 l

106 gf

81 ga

Away

66 matches

15 v

19 d

32 l

88 gf

121 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

136 matches

51 v

32 d

53 l

195 gf

202 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 15, 1952
Home	7 - 1	April 15, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 08, 2006
Away	6 - 2	September 17, 1966

Latest head to head

February 21, 2009 - Premier League 2008/2009

Aston Villa

0 - 1

Chelsea

October 05, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Chelsea

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 26, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Chelsea

4 - 4

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

September 02, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Chelsea

January 02, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tony Hateley	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Luke Moore	2 goals	2005 - 2006
Shaun Maloney	2 goals	2007 - 2007
David Platt	2 goals	1990 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Robert Tambling	12 goals	1961 - 1967
Tore André Flo	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Jimmy Greaves	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Frank Lampard	5 goals	2002 - 2006
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Andriy Shevchenko	3 goals	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Gareth Barry	22 matches	1998 - 2009
Steve Staunton	17 matches	1991 - 2003
Alan Wright	16 matches	1995 - 2002
Ian Taylor	16 matches	1994 - 2001
Olof Mellberg	15 matches	2002 - 2007
Lee Hendrie	15 matches	1998 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Frank Lampard	17 matches	2002 - 2009
Dennis Wise	16 matches	1990 - 2001
John Terry	16 matches	1998 - 2009
Peter Bonetti	15 matches	1960 - 1979
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Gianfranco Zola	13 matches	1996 - 2003