Aston Villa vs Chelsea Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-1 Premier League victory over Bournemouth.

In that match, Aston Villa managed 57% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Aston Villa, the goals were scored by Morgan Rogers (45'), Moussa Diaby (57') and Leon Bailey (78'). For their opponents, Bournemouth got 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Dominic Solanke (31') was the scorer 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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After a losing effort in their last game against Arsenal in Premier League action, Chelsea will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Chelsea had 55% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Arsenal got 27 attempts on goal with 10 of them 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

Looking over their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 26/12/2021 shows us that Aston Villa have won 2 of these and Chelsea 3, with the tally of draws being 1.

In all, 13 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from The Villans and 8 created by The Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

ℹ️ Team News: Aston Villa

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

We think that The Villans will probably use a 4-4-2 formation this time with Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Francisco Torres, Lucas Digne, Leon Bailey, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Morgan Rogers, Moussa Diaby and Ollie Watkins.

ℹ️ Team News: Chelsea

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has multiple availability issues to deal with. Malo Gusto (unknown injury), Reece James (surgery), Ben Chilwell (Knee problems), Levi Colwill (Toe injury), Robert Sánchez (unknown injury), Lesley Ugochukwu (Hamstring injury), Christopher Nkunku (Hamstring injury), Enzo Fernández (Groin problems), Roméo Lavia (Hamstring injury) and Wesley Fofana (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here.

There’s a good chance that The Blues seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Djordje Petrovic, Alfie Gilchrist, Axel Disasi, Benoît Badiashile, Marc Cucurella, Moisés Caicedo, Conor Gallagher, Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke, 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, 09:02 26/04/2024