Aston Villa plays his fourth home game on Spin when they hosted the wrong Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday.
The villa was in action on home soil in the middle of the week while welcomed the tables, Liverpool to the West Midlands, earning Distinguished draw against Arne Slot’s high flyers. However, their inability to secure a victory on Wednesday night means they are without a win in the last five Premier league games.
Their fall of forms saw them surrender to the race for Champions League Qualifying, but they can move inside one point of Chelsea with a victory in the Villa Park.
The Blues also endured a difficult period in the country and were particularly weak on their travels. Without winning in six games in all competitions, the sides of Enza Maresca need a moral reinforcement that will head to the last months of the campaign and could ensure precisely if they could manage all three points this weekend.
Here 90min A guide for the battle for European qualification.
Aston Villa vs Chelsea head record on head (last five matches)
Current form (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 – 01.02.2010. |
Man City 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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Earth |
TV channel/live stream |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Go, Sky Go Extra, now TV |
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United States |
Fubotv, Univeso Now, Peacock, Telemundo Deportes en Vivo, Unives, NBC, Telemundo |
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Canada |
Fubotv Canada, Fubo Sports Network Canada |
Villa He will be without the Central Axel Disasi on Saturday, as French loans cannot face their home club Chelsea. However, Ezri Cons could return from the injury at the perfect time, and Pau Torres also lacked in the heart of defense.
There are problems for a villa in the middle of the field, and Unai Emery is expected to be without Amadouanana, Boubacar Kamar and Rossa Barkley. This means that John McGinn and Yourri Tielemans will be forced to start once again at the engine room.
Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio were appointed in the initial lineup against Liverpool in the middle of the week, but the latter could enter the places for Jacob Ramsey a little affecting Reds. Leon Bailey could return to the team instead of the ex, but there is a doubt of fitness.
Aston Villa predicted the VS Chelsea line (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Gotovina, Konsa, Mings, raises; McGinn, tielemans; Ramsey, Rogers, Rashford; Watkins.
Chelsea Currently, they are fighting injuries, and Maresca confirmed that none of his absences will return against the villa this weekend. Noni Madueka was the latest that entered the treatment room And it will be out to the international break in March with an injury to the lower leg he suffered last time.
Nicolas Jackson and Marc Gui are missing with fitness problems in the front line, and Mykhailo Mudryk is still banned after failing to do drug test.
Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile are absent in the middle, and Romeo Lavia also lacked in defensive midfielder. Young Omari Kellyman has been missing from August and has not yet been in action.
Chelsea predicted the VS Aston Villa line (4-2-3-1): Jorgensen; James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez; Net, Palmer, Sancho; Nkunk.
The defeat of the return to Brighton made a greater pressure on Chelsea to pick up a positive result on Saturday, but they will be pushed to their border at Villa Park. They are in unconvincing form and in recent weeks have been fought for goals – a question worsened by Jackson’s injury.
The villa may be tired of the middle week, and not in their brightest moment. However, they could use the uncertainty at the Chelsea camp with their many impressive attacks.
Prediction: Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
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