Aston Villa play their fourth residence recreation on the spin once they host misfiring Chelsea within the Premier League on Saturday.
Villa have been in motion on residence soil midweek as they welcomed desk toppers Liverpool to the West Midlands, incomes a good draw in opposition to Arne Slot’s high-flyers. Nonetheless, their incapacity to safe victory on Wednesday night means they’re and not using a win of their final 5 Premier League video games.
Their drop in type has seen them give up floor within the race for Champions League qualification however they’ll transfer inside a single level of Chelsea with victory at Villa Park.
The Blues have additionally endured a troublesome interval domestically and have been notably weak on their travels. With out victory in six away matches in all competitions, Enzo Maresca’s facet want a morale increase heading into the ultimate months of the marketing campaign and will safe precisely that ought to they handle all three factors this weekend.
Right here is 90min’s information to a battle for European qualification.
Aston Villa vs Chelsea head-to-head report (final 5 video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Aston Villa |
Chelsea |
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Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool – 19/02/25 |
Brighton 3-0 Chelsea – 14/02/25 |
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Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich – 15/02/25 |
Brighton 2-1 Chelsea – 08/02/25 |
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Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham – 09/02/25 |
Chelsea 2-1 West Ham – 03/02/25 |
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Wolves 2-0 Aston Villa – 01/02/25 |
Man Metropolis 3-1 Chelsea – 25/01/25 |
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Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic – 29/01/25 |
Chelsea 3-1 Wolves – 20/01/25 |
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Nation |
TV channel/dwell stream |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports activities Important Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Extremely HD, Sky GO, Sky GO Further, NOW TV |
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United States |
fuboTV, UNIVERSO NOW, Peacock, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, UNIVERSO, NBC, Telemundo |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community Canada |
Villa shall be with out centre-back Axel Disasi on Saturday because the French loanee is ineligible to face his guardian membership Chelsea. Nonetheless, Ezri Konsa may make his comeback from damage at an ideal time with Pau Torres additionally lacking within the coronary heart of defence.
There are points for Villa in midfield and Unai Emery is predicted to be with out the providers of Amadou Onana, Boubacar Kamara and Ross Barkley. Meaning John McGinn and Youri Tielemans shall be compelled to begin within the engine room as soon as extra.
Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio have been named within the beginning lineup in opposition to Liverpool midweek however the latter may make approach for Jacob Ramsey having made little influence in opposition to the Reds. Leon Bailey may come again into the crew instead of the previous however stays a health doubt.
Aston Villa predicted lineup vs Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Money, Konsa, Mings, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans; Ramsey, Rogers, Rashford; Watkins.
Chelsea are combating accidents at current and Maresca has confirmed that none of his absentees will return in opposition to Villa this weekend. Noni Madueke was the newest to enter the remedy room and shall be out till after the March worldwide break with a hamstring damage suffered final outing.
Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu are each lacking with health points within the ahead line and Mykhailo Mudryk remains to be banned after failing a medication take a look at.
Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile are absent at centre-half, with Romeo Lavia additionally lacking in defensive midfield. Younger Omari Kellyman has been lacking since August and remains to be out of motion.
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Jorgensen; James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer, Sancho; Nkunku.
Again-to-back defeats to Brighton have put larger stress on Chelsea to choose up a constructive consequence on Saturday however they are going to be pushed to their restrict at Villa Park. They discover themselves in unconvincing type and have struggled for objectives in current weeks – a difficulty exacerbated by damage to Jackson.
Villa could also be a tad drained from their midweek tour and will not be of their brightest second, both. Nonetheless, they might benefit from uncertainty within the Chelsea camp with their plethora of spectacular attacking choices.
Prediction: Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
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