Aston Villa play their fourth dwelling sport on the spin once they host misfiring Chelsea within the Premier League on Saturday.
Villa had been in motion on dwelling soil midweek as they welcomed desk toppers Liverpool to the West Midlands, incomes a good draw towards Arne Slot’s high-flyers. Nevertheless, their incapacity to safe victory on Wednesday night means they’re with no 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 will transfer inside a single level of Chelsea with victory at Villa Park.
The Blues have additionally endured a tough interval domestically and have been significantly 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 file (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/stay stream |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports activities Principal 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 father or mother membership Chelsea. Nevertheless, Ezri Konsa might make his comeback from harm 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 anticipated to be with out the companies of Amadou Onana, Boubacar Kamara and Ross Barkley. Meaning John McGinn and Youri Tielemans shall be pressured to begin within the engine room as soon as extra.
Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio had been named within the beginning lineup towards Liverpool midweek however the latter might make method for Jacob Ramsey having made little affect towards the Reds. Leon Bailey might come again into the staff rather than 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 battling accidents at current and Maresca has confirmed that none of his absentees will return towards Villa this weekend. Noni Madueke was the most recent to enter the remedy room and shall be out till after the March worldwide break with a hamstring harm suffered final trip.
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 select up a constructive end result 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 latest weeks – a problem exacerbated by harm to Jackson.
Villa could also be a tad drained from their midweek tour and aren’t of their brightest second, both. Nevertheless, they may reap the benefits of uncertainty within the Chelsea camp with their plethora of spectacular attacking choices.
