- Lampard (15), Lampard (44 pen), Malouda (57), Lampard (62 pen), Malouda (68), Kalou (83), Lampard (90)
- Carew (29)
- Date:2010-03-27
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Stamford Bridge
- Attendance:41825
- Referee:Walton, P
Live Commentary
90mins
The final whistle goes and Chelsea have demolished Villa to underline their title credentials.
90mins
Frank Lampard gets his fourth goal of the game as we enter injury time.
88mins
Frank Lampard has another effort which is saved by Brad Friedel.
87mins
Michael Ballack has a shot which is blocked by James Collins.
85mins
Aston Villa have been demolished today, how will today's result affect their challenge for fourth spot.
83mins
Nicolas Anelka finds Salomon Kalou who fires the ball into the bottom corner.
82mins
Salomon Kalou's curling shot is only just wide as the rain starts to ease.
81mins
Stewart Downing's corner is headed away by Alex.
80mins
Stephen Warnock crosses towards Stewart Downing but Patrick van Aanholt concedes the corner.
79mins
Petr Cech makes the catch from the corner.
78mins
The rain is torrential as Villa try to restore some pride and Steve Sidwell wins a corner off Michael Ballack.
76mins
Salomon Kalou is on for Joe Cole.
76mins
Patrick van Aanholt comes on for his home debut in place of Yuri Zhirkov.
74mins
Ashley Young's corner is cleared by Frank Lampard.
73mins
Nathan Delfouneso's shot is deflected just wide with Petr Cech beaten.
72mins
Michael Ballack replaces Deco.
71mins
Gabriel Agbonlahor is replaced by Habib Beye.
70mins
Nicolas Anelka cuts inside and shoots but Brad Friedel makes a good save.
68mins
Frank Lampard sets up Florent Malouda who is able to pick his spot for his second goal of the game.
65mins
Nathan Delfouneso makes a great run and beats two or three Chelsea players before losing the ball to John Terry.
63mins
Nathan Delfouneso comes on for John Carew.
63mins
Stiliyan Petrov is replaced by Stewart Downing.
62mins
Frank Lampard sends the penalty into the bottom corner for his hat-trick.
61mins
Richard Dunne brings down Yuri Zhirkov in the area and Chelsea have another penalty.
60mins
James Milner strikes the ball straight into the wall and Deco picks up possession for Chelsea.
59mins
Gabriel Agbonlahor claims a free-kick from Paulo Ferreira on the edge of the area.
57mins
Yuri Zhirkov finds Florent Malouda who sweeps the ball into the net from 10 yards.
55mins
The corner is eventually cleared for a throw-in to Chelsea as the home side step up the pressure.
54mins
Chelsea have the first corner of the second half and Florent Malouda sends in a cross which is cleared for another corner.
52mins
Ashley Young's free-kick is cleared by John Terry straight to Stephen Warnock whose volley is over the bar.
51mins
Alex concedes a free-kick for fouling Gabriel Agbonlahor and Villa are looking dangerous.
49mins
The free-kick is swung in by Ashley Young but it's far too deep and easily caught by Petr Cech.
48mins
Paulo Ferreira pulls back Ashley Young and concedes a free-kick.
47mins
Joe Cole crosses to the far post and Nicolas Anelka almost beats Brad Friedel to the ball.
46mins
The second half gets underway.
45mins
The whistle goes for half-time.
45mins
There are two minutes of added time.
43mins
Frank Lampard blasts the penalty right-footed past Brad Friedel for his second goal of the game.
43mins
James Collins makes a challenge on Yuri Zhirkov in the area and this time Chelsea have a penalty.
41mins
Florent Malouda goes down in the area under a challenge from Luke Young but the referee waves play on.
40mins
James Milner sends over a cross but it's too close to Petr Cech who makes the catch.
39mins
Deco goes into the book for a foul on James Milner.
37mins
Joe Cole's pass finds Nicolas Anelka but the striker is offside.
35mins
John Carew is flagged offside.
33mins
Florent Malouda takes another Chelsea corner but it's cleared by Steve Sidwell.
31mins
Stephen Warnock does well to clear a Florent Malouda cross and the game is end to end now.
30mins
Yuri Zhirkov is booked for a foul on Gabriel Agbonlahor.
29mins
Deco sends the ball across the area but there's no Chelsea player there.
28mins
Ashley Young's cross finds John Carew who sidefoots the ball high into the net.
27mins
Stiliyan Petrov is booked for protesting about the challenge that John Obi Mikel made on James Milner.
26mins
James Milner is down injured but Chelsea play on and now it's the Villa fans who are unhappy.
25mins
Frank Lampard is felled by Steve Sidwell but the referee waves play on and the crowd aren't happy.
23mins
Villa need to regroup as they're looking second best at the moment.
21mins
Deco shoots but it's straight at Stiliyan Petrov who makes the clearance.
19mins
Frank Lampard is caught offside.
18mins
Luke Young heads the ball over the bar for another corner which is cleared by Richard Dunne.
17mins
John Carew gives the ball away to Joe Cole and Chelsea break but settle for a corner.
15mins
Frank Lampard makes a great run from the midfield to tap in Florent Malouda's cross at the back post.
13mins
Frank Lampard shoots from 30 yards but Brad Friedel is able to save comfortably.
12mins
This is shaping up to be a very competitive game and there's no-one on top at the moment.
11mins
Ashley Young sends over a cross into the area but there's no-one in a Villa shirt to meet the ball.
9mins
Nicolas Anelka is caught offside and Ashley Young breaks forward but his cross is too close to Petr Cech.
7mins
Stephen Warnock's corner is turned goalwards by James Collins but the ball ends up wide of the post.
6mins
Richard Dunne concedes a corner which is cleared by the Villa defence.
5mins
Villa have another corner but again Petr Cech is unchallenged and makes the catch.
4mins
Nicolas Anelka gets a shot in from a tight angle but Brad Friedel has it covered - can the Frenchman make his mark in the surprise absence of Didier Drogba?
2mins
Villa have an early corner but Petr Cech makes a comfortable save.
1mins
The game gets underway.
0mins
Emile Heskey misses out for Villa but Richard Dunne, James Milner and Gabriel Agbonlahor all start.
0mins
Chelsea make three changes from the side that beat Portsmouth, with Alex, Joe Cole and Nicolas Anelka all starting.
Match Preview
Chelsea welcome Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge on Saturday and Carlo Ancelotti's men should be in confident mood after their thumping win at Portsmouth on Wednesday evening.
The Blues smashed Avram Grant's side 5-0, with Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba at the double.
Frank Lampard nodded home a late fifth to put the pressure on Manchester United at the top of the table.
They now trail the Red Devils by a single point and a win against the Villans would certainly turn the heat on their nearest rivals ahead of their highly anticipated clash next weekend at Old Trafford.
Chelsea seem to have put their Champions League loss to Internazionale out of their system and another three points at Stamford Bridge is a must.
Martin O'Neill and his men have Champions League qualification aspirations of their own but back-to-back draws against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sunderland has made their quest that bit more difficult.
They now trail fourth placed Tottenham Hotspur by four points and occupy seventh spot in the table.
Ancelotti will have to do without Branislav Ivanovic for a further month after picking up a knee ligament injury.
Ashley Cole has returned to light training after his fractured ankle and Michael Essien's knee problem will keep him out.
Goalkeeper Hilario (groin) could make the bench, but full-back Jose Bosingwa (knee) is unlikely to return before the end of the campaign.
O'Neill has an almost full-strength squad to choose from with Nigel Reo-Coker (ankle) his only absentee.
Chelsea will be striving to gain revenge on Villa after their surprising 2-1 loss at Villa Park on October 17.
Drogba's fortunate opener was cancelled out by Richard Dunne's leveller and fellow defender James Collins powered home to grab all three points for the hosts.
Last season's clash at Stamford Bridge ended in a 2-0 success for the home side with Joe Cole and Nicolas Anelka scoring the goals.
But their clash on Boxing Day during the 2007-08 season is one that remains in the memory.
They shared an eight-goal thriller in the capital and it was Villa who threatened to upstage their big-spending opponents, who boasted a 71-game unbeaten record at the Bridge.
Shaun Maloney's double shocked the Blues, but an Andriy Shevchenko penalty after Zat Knight received his marching orders for bringing down Michael Ballack on the stroke of half-time reduced the deficit.
The Ukraine star grabbed his second five minutes after the re-start before Alex put them in the lead for the first time.
Martin Laursen then equalised and Ballack scored to make it 4-3 with just three minutes to go.
However, there was still time for referee Phil Dowd to award a second penalty of the exciting contest, this time to Villa and Gareth Barry made no mistake in injury time to grab a share of the spoils.
Match Report
Chelsea put down their marker in the race for the Premier League title as four goals from Frank Lampard led a 7-1 rout of Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.
His goals were added to by Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou, while Villa's lone strike came as an equaliser from John Carew.
On 14 minutes, after sustained possession by the home side, a flashing drive by Lampard 30 yards out was on target but Brad Friedel handled it easily.
But a minute later and the England midfielder made no mistake. He side-footed home a right-footer from eight yards out after a Malouda low, left-wing drive arrowed across the Villa defence. Lampard was unmarked at the far post to put the Blues 1-0 up.
Chelsea's lead lasted 14 minutes. A right-footed drive by Ashley Young caught left-back Yury Zhirkov napping and Carew snuck up on his blind slide to lash the ball past Petr Cech from six yards.
Two minutes before the break and Chelsea breached the visitors' stubborn defence. A deft pass by Malouda found the in-running Zhirkov. The Russian was then tripped by James Collins inside the area.
Up stepped Lampard to blast home an unstoppable right-footed penalty.
It took 12 minutes of the second half for the Blues to extend their lead.
Excellent build-up play saw Deco bisect the Villa defence allowing Zhirkov, on the left, to drive the ball into the middle of the Villa six-yard box where Malouda volleyed home a low drive past the despairing dive of Friedel.
The game was all but over on 61 minutes as Lampard side-footed another penalty past Friedel for his hat-trick. This time Zhirkov had been up-ended by Richard Dunne.
That goal was Lampard's 150th goal for the Blues, putting him equal third in the Chelsea all-time goal-scoring record, level with Roy Bentley and Peter Osgood.
Malouda then got into the act on 68 minutes to notch up the fifth. This time Lampard was the provider as the French winger curled a simple right-footed effort past Friedel from eight yards out.
With eight minutes remaining, substitute Kalou got in on the act. Picking up a simple pass from Anelka, the Ivorian slotted home a low right-footed drive past Friedel from just inside the Villa box.
With seconds remaining of stoppage time, Lampard hit his fourth and Chelsea's seventh, as his low right-footed drive from just inside the area beat Friedel.
Chelsea Team
Aston Villa Team
Chelsea | Aston Villa |
Corners
| 8 | 6 |
Fouls
| 12 | 6 |
Goal attempts
Shots off target
| 2 | 2 |
Offsides
| 3 | 3 |
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90mins
There are three minutes of added time.