It’s just 50 hours until kick off. On Saturday afternoon we’ll be at Wembley for the second time this season. This time it’s the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea. It’s no small game.
And yet, I haven’t managed to create the build up I was expecting this week. I’ve changed the background image (which you may need to refresh your cache to see – either hold down Ctrl + F5 or Shift + click on your browser’s
Ex-Villan David Ginola just took part in the draw for the FA Cup Semi-Final and Aston Villa will play Chelsea… thanks David!!
In the other Semi-Final, Portsmouth will take on Spurs or Fulham.
Both matches will be played at Wembley Stadium over the weekend of 10 April and 11 April.
I suppose we haven’t done bad with cup draws so far this season, so it was probably inevitable that we would draw Chelsea. But there you go, they always say that you
In a lot of ways this game reminded me of the 3-1 win at Anfield and looking at the stats it’s easy to see why. Statistically speaking, Villa took a bit of a battering, but I’m not sure how many neutral observers could reconcile the game they witnessed with the stats below. I’m struggling myself, but I’m biased and I admit it, I thought MON’s men gave an enormous performance.
Unsurprisingly, as you’ll note in the average position map,
Villa earn a very well battled victory 2-1.
Review later. For now, if you think that we simply lose playing 4-4-2, then know we won this game playing exactly that, only switching to 4-5-1 after taking the lead.
Aston Villa vs Chelsea
Another terrific game at Villa Park, but Villa fall short of getting a result they probably deserved. It’s disappointing for sure, but will it lead to heartbreak further down the line?? Could a trip to Moscow now make or break our season??