PLAY TEAMSHEET: Can YOU name the Chelsea team who beat Aston Villa 2-1 back in 2013? Or pick YOUR team and guess their starting XI
Today, we are taking you back to Chelsea earning a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa back in May 2013.
The Blues, under Rafael Benitez, effectively secured qualification to the Champions League with the triumph. The match, however, is best remembered for one Chelsea star netting a brace to become the club's all-time record goalscorer.
We want to see if you can name the Chelsea line-up fielded at Villa Park.
It's just for fun, so see how you fare and share your Teamsheet score... full instructions on how to play are at the bottom of the article and in the game itself. And you can also pick any team you like and guess their starting XI.
Best of luck!
HOW TO PLAY
The aim of the game is to score as few points as possible!
If you guess a player at the first attempt you score one point - so the lowest score for guessing every player at the first attempt is 11.
Guess a correct letter in the right position, and it'll turn green. Guess a correct letter but in the wrong position, and it'll turn yellow.
You have six guesses for each player - and if you fail, we'll reveal their identity for 11 points! You can also ask for a free letter, but it costs you a point.
So play on to see if you'll score the best possible total of 11 - or fail on every player and score 121.
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