Aston Villa vs Chelsea Live Stream, Predictions

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Aston Villa

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Aston Villa will be looking for a repeat result of the 3-1 Premier League triumph vs Bournemouth.

In that match, Aston Villa managed 57% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Aston Villa, the goalscorers were Morgan Rogers (45'), Moussa Diaby (57') and Leon Bailey (78'). For their opponents, Bournemouth got 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them 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 being beaten in their last game against Arsenal in Premier League competition, Chelsea will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Chelsea had 55% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Arsenal had 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 at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 26/12/2021 tells us that Aston Villa have won 2 of them & Chelsea 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 from The Villans and 8 belonging to The Blues. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

📰 Team News: Aston Villa

Boubacar Kamara (Knee injury), Emiliano Buendía (Cruciate ligament tear), Álex Moreno (unknown injury), Tyrone Mings (Cruciate ligament tear) and Jacob Ramsey (Toe injury) will not be taking part for Aston Villa gaffer Unai Emery.

📰 Team News: Chelsea

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has not got a full squad to pick from. Ben Chilwell (Knee problems), Levi Colwill (Toe injury), Reece James (surgery), Malo Gusto (unknown injury), Robert Sánchez (unknown injury), Christopher Nkunku (Hamstring injury), Lesley Ugochukwu (Hamstring injury), Roméo Lavia (Hamstring injury) and Wesley Fofana (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

🔮 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.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 09:08 25/04/2024