Aston Villa vs Chelsea: Match Preview
Villa Park, this is where Chelsea will be visiting to play their next fixture of the Barclays Premier League. Chelsea will be looking to continue their unbeaten 2016 year and narrowing down the points gap between them and the team at the top.
Despite many managerial changes, Villa are the worst side in the premier league this season by some distance and Chelsea, who’s season went horribly wrong in the initial stages of the league is starting to come into their regular shape.
Villa have lost all 6 out of their last 6 games and have managed to win just 3 games in this entire season. Chelsea, on the other hand, have slightly better stats this season as the blues have managed 10 wins and 11 draws this season.
Team News:
Eden Hazard and Kurt Zouma are still on the sidelines due to injury. Chelsea had a reason to be happy as Diego Costa returned after his suspension but their celebration was cut short by the FA as the striker was handed a ban of one more game. Terry will be available for the blues.
Aston Villa has banned their star striker Gabby Agbonlahor for the game as he was caught of some misconduct during his holidays. And on the other hand, Aston Villa are still sweating on the fitness of Carlos Sanchez and Jordan Amavi, Adama Traore, Libor Kozak and Jack Grealish who are all sidelined.
Lineups:
Aston Villa:
Guzan;
Hutton, Okore, Lescott, Cissokho;
Veretout, Westwood, Gueye;
Gil, Gestede, Ayew
Chelsea:
Courtois;
Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Terry, Rahman;
Mikel, Fabregas;
Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Willian;
Kenedy
Chelsea vs Aston Villa Prediction:
Looking at their head to head performances, the teams have had 144 games between each other in which Chelsea have won 59 of them and Villa have won 52. Comparing to their away games stats (Overall), Villa have a better chance to win, but, stats won’t give you points, goals does. And at the current form says, Chelsea are still unbeaten in this year in Barclays Premier League.
0-3 to Chelsea