Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa
- Pedro 37'
- Watkins 63'
- Watkins 84'
27 December 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Aston Villa against Chelsea on 27 December 2025, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Aston Villa came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 37'.
Player of the match: Reece James (Chelsea), rated 75, thanks above all to 7 tackles and 8 final-third passes. James produced 1.8 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Amadou Onana, with 64.
Ollie Watkins scored twice.
Reece James
Chelsea · 90'
Produced 1.75× and cost 0.34× their position's average
- 7 tackles 4.0×
- 8 final-third passes 1.4×
- 7 recoveries 1.9×
- 0.13 xG not converted 2.8×
- 2 shots off target, worth 0.13 3.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reece James ★ | Defender | 90 | 75 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 69 | 74 |
| Robert Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 90 | 65 |
| Malo Gusto | Defender | 21 | 64 |
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Benoît Badiashile | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Pedro Neto | Forward | 90 | 55 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 69 | 54 |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Forward | 69 | 53 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Trevoh Chalobah | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Jamie Gittens | Forward | 21 | 37 |
| Cole Palmer | Midfielder | 72 | 32 |
| Liam Delap | Forward | 21 | 21 |
| Estêvão | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 32 | 64 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 31 | 64 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 31 | 53 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 59 | 44 |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 59 | 31 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 58 | 29 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 83 | 26 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 83 | 23 |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 7 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Aston Villa player recovered the most balls?
Youri Tielemans, with 11 recoveries. Next: Emiliano Buendía 8, Ian Maatsen 5.
In Aston Villa's 1–2 victory against Chelsea, Youri Tielemans anchored the midfield with 11 ball recoveries. Emiliano Buendía followed with 8, while Ian Maatsen recorded 5.
Which Chelsea player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Reece James, with 3 key passes. Next: Pedro Neto 2, Alejandro Garnacho 2.
Despite Chelsea's 1–2 home defeat against Aston Villa, Reece James led the team's chance creation with 3 key passes. Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho followed with 2 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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