Chelsea won again in the tenth week of the English Premier League (EPL) 2022/2023 when they visited Aston Villa’s headquarters, Villa Park Stadium. They won with a final score of 2-0 on Sunday (16/10/2022). Mason Mount became an important player behind the Blues’ victory over the hosts. The English midfielder managed to score 2 goals at once which made his team win 3 consecutive wins in the EPL.
Let’s take a look at some interesting notes from the Aston Villa versus Chelsea match in the 2022/2023 EPL.
- Mason Mount scores his first Premier League goal in 2022/2023
Mason Mount became the hero of Chelsea’s victory after successfully defeating Aston Villa at his own headquarters. He successfully recorded his name on the scoreboard twice in the 6th and 65th minutes. This extraordinary record will certainly make a positive note for Mount in 2022/2023. The 23-year-old midfielder finally managed to score his first goal in the EPL. He managed to do that after passing nine games with Chelsea so far.
- Kepa Arrizabalaga is starting to work hard for Chelsea
Kepa Arrizabalaga is known to be diligent in appearing with Chelsea in 2022/2023. He was also involved when Chelsea successfully shaved Aston Villa in front of thousands of their own supporters. Currently, it is known that Kepa is starting to shift Eduardo Mendy’s position as the main goalkeeper. The Blues took that step not with a random decision. The reason, the 28-year-old goalkeeper has indeed recorded a slick performance this season.
Of his last 3 matches with Chelsea, Kepa has only conceded 1 goal in the EPL. Kepa was also an important actor behind Chelsea’s success in keeping two clean sheets. This positive note seems to contradict Kepa’s performance in 2021/2022. The reason, he was only trusted to appear in four matches by Chelsea in the EPL at that time.
- The weak defense is the main problem for Aston Villa
The fragility of the defense is one of Aston Villa’s main problems in 2022/2023. One of their conceded balls when they lost against Chelsea was due to a mistake in anticipating the ball from their own defender, Tyrone Mings. Other statistical records also prove that the performance of the Aston Villa defense has indeed performed poorly in the EPL. Noted, they have conceded 13 goals in the last 10 matches they played.
Aston Villa is also quite bad in the statistical record of the number of block kicks of the ball as many as 36 block kicks so far. They have also conceded 1 goal via own goal and 2 goals via player error in the EPL. Mason Mount was voted the best player in the match against Chelsea against Aston Villa after successfully scoring two goals. The victory also made the Blues stay firmly in fourth place in the English Premier League 2022/2023 standings with a collection of nineteen points. It would be interesting to keep monitoring how Chelsea will progress this season with new management under Graham Potter. Will they stand a chance against Arsenal and Manchester City?
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