Aston Villa vs Chelsea Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 3-1 Premier League triumph vs Bournemouth.

In that match, Aston Villa managed 57% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Aston Villa, the scorers were Morgan Rogers (45'), Moussa Diaby (57') and Leon Bailey (78'). For their opponents, Bournemouth had 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. Dominic Solanke (31') scored for Bournemouth.

Fixtures featuring Aston Villa have usually been lively affairs recently with high scoring expected. Over their past six games, the sum of 23 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 12 of these coming from Aston Villa.

A look at their previous results shows us that Aston Villa:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Chelsea in their last 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 home league matches.

Chelsea

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Arsenal in Premier League action, Chelsea and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Chelsea had 55% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Arsenal had 27 attempts on goal with 10 on target. Leandro Trossard (4'), Ben White (52', 70') and Kai Havertz (57', 65') scored for Arsenal.

Indicating their predisposition for high-scoring matches, the back of the net has been hit 23 times in the prior 6 matches in which Chelsea have taken to the pitch, making it a mean average of 3.83 goals each meeting. Opposition teams have managed 9 of these goals. We shall soon find out if that trend can be sustained in this game.

Coming into this fixture, Chelsea are undefeated by Aston Villa in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 26/12/2021 shows that Aston Villa have won 2 of these & Chelsea 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

In all, 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 from The Villans and 8 for The Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

🗞️ Team News: Aston Villa

Boubacar Kamara (Knee injury), Álex Moreno (unknown injury), Emiliano Buendía (Cruciate ligament tear), Tyrone Mings (Cruciate ligament tear) and Jacob Ramsey (Toe injury) won’t be able to feature for Aston Villa manager Unai Emery.

We think that The Villans will probably line up in a 4-4-1-1 system for this one, utilising Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Leon Bailey, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins.

📋 Team News: Chelsea

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has some current player fitness concerns. Ben Chilwell (Knee problems), Levi Colwill (Toe injury), Malo Gusto (unknown injury), Reece James (surgery), Lesley Ugochukwu (Hamstring injury), Christopher Nkunku (Hamstring injury), Robert Sánchez (unknown injury), Enzo Fernández (Groin problems), Roméo Lavia (Hamstring injury) and Wesley Fofana (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

We’re of the thinking that The Blues could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Djordje Petrovic, Axel Disasi, Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Marc Cucurella, Conor Gallagher, Moises Caicedo, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Mykhaylo Mudryk and Nicolas Jackson.

💭 Prediction

Chelsea and Aston Villa should both be able to score more than once here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw and also of goals in the match. That’s why we have predicted a 2-2 after 90 minutes.

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Renata Leite, 04:01 27/04/2024