Aston Villa vs Chelsea

Chelsea travel to Villa Park on Sunday as they look to make it five consecutive wins in all competitions.

Villa will be under pressure to win at home, and I can see the nerves getting the better of their players." Chelsea have not got the accolades they've deserved, to be honest - they've done the double over AC Milan and they beat Wolves comfortably. "Chelsea were wasteful last week, and could've beaten Wolves by any score if they'd taken their chances. "I'd said they had a big week coming up and all of a sudden, they've done the business - fair play to them. Although they're unbeaten in their last four games, Villa haven't been picking up many points under Steven Gerrard and the former Liverpool captain is under tremendous pressure. Graham Potter's side ran out comfortable 2-0 winners over AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday night and the Blues will be confident about getting another three points come Sunday.

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He’s earned a card in half of his starts in the Premier League this year, including three in his last five games. His direct opponent in this one should be Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic, who has picked up two bookings in his last three starts. The most impressive thing about his sides is that they rarely lose the xG battle, winning all 12 so far this year, as they often dominate games and create exceptional chances. Offer applies to a standard single bet or a bet placed through the Bet Builder feature. The qualifying fixture for this offer is the EPL Fixture between Liverpool v Man City on Sunday 16th October 2022. Applies to pre-match Bet Builder bets with 4 or more legs on the Premier League between Liverpool and Man City game only.

A dire draw at Nottingham Forest on Monday night stretched their unbeaten run to four matches, but only two wins and seven goals in nine outings this term is a ...

Gerrard brings in Leon Bailey and Danny Ings up front. Today’s hosts have won only one of the last 10 league meetings against Chelsea, who draft in Marc Cucurella, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kai Havertz. A dire draw at Nottingham Forest on Monday night stretched their unbeaten run to four matches, but only two wins and seven goals in nine outings this term is a poor return for an expensively-assembled squad. The Blues remain unbeaten under their new manager and have won all of their last four matches across all competitions, conceding just once with AC Milan, Wolves and Crystal Palace all defeated. Nizaar Kinsella at Villa Park Follow Aston Villa vs Chelsea with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below, with expert analysis from Nizaar Kinsella at Villa Park!

Graham Potter aims to make it five wins in a row as Chelsea's head coach against an out of form Aston Villa.

Graham Potter is aiming to make it five wins in a row as Chelsea head coach, and six unbeaten since replacing Thomas Tuchel in September. Potter will have to rotate following the terrible injury setback to Reece James which has wider repercussions than just this weekend but does pose questions over who fills that spot with Cesar Azplicueta performing well against Wolves. The Blues are aiming to make it five wins in a row under Graham Potter since he took charge in September.

Graham Potter's men look to consolidate their position in the top-4 while Steven Gerrard fights to see another day as Aston Villa's manager.

Aston Villa travels away from home twice facing Fulham and Newcastle United on the 21st and 29th of October respectively. The club is fresh from the 2-0 bashing of AC Milan at the San Siro and would look to extend their run of form. A revamped Chelsea outfit travels away from home battling it out with Aston Villa as Graham Potter looks to extend Chelsea’s astounding run of form in all competitions.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek comes in instead, potentially on the right side with Mason Mount and Mateo Kovacic across the middle and Ben Chilwell on the left. It looks ...

[Kai Havertz](/en/teams/profile/kai-havertz) is the third player to be introduced, joining [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](/en/teams/profile/pierre-emerick-aubameyang) in attack. [Raheem Sterling](/en/teams/profile/raheem-sterling) was at right wing-back. [Reece James](/en/teams/profile/reece-james) confirmed to be out for around eight weeks with the knee injury he suffered in the midweek win at AC Milan in the Champions League.

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They aren’t liking the intensity from Aston Villa. Chelsea look very shaky at the minute. He carries it inside and smokes a shot towards the near post but Kepa Arrizabalaga keeps it out! Leon Bailey weaves his way down the right side and whips a cross into the middle of the box. This one is even better from the Chelsea goalkeeper. Ramsey shifts the ball away from the Chelsea defender and gets whacked on the ankle of his standing leg afterwards. 45+2 mins: Chelsea take a slender one goal lead into the break but it’s been Aston Villa who are pressing the issue. Mason Mount brings the ball down the right and shifts away from a challenge before knocking it inside to Kai Havertz. Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea Last weekend the former Liverpool midfielder’s Villa drew 1-1 at Nottingham Forest, coming from behind to earn a point. Steven Gerrard’s side are unbeaten in their last four league outings but have only won one of them. Upon taking over from Thomas Tuchel in mid-September, Potter drew his first game in charge and has since guided the west London club to four straight victories – most recently a 2-0 victory over AC Milan in the Champions League group stage this Tuesday (11 October).

Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Cucurella, Mount, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Chilwell, Havertz, Aubameyang, Sterling. Subs: Jorginho, Pulisic, Mendy, ...

It cost a lot more than I thought it was going to." He has rotated his squad to keep as many players involved as possible and there has been plenty of the tactical tinkering we saw at Brighton. Seems a fine man, be interesting to see if his pastoral, thoughtful approach will be given enough time to work at a club where they have traditionally brought in a flash manager for quick success. There has been some bad news though, with Reece James and Wesley Fofana lost to injury. Ollie Watkins, Danny Ings, Philippe Coutinho, Emi Buendia and Leon Bailey are a promising collection of attackers but there is little sense of how they piece together. Only Wolves have scored fewer goals than Aston Villa this term. "We have a big opportunity for a scalp today. Alan Smith: "What a nightmare for Tyrone Mings and Aston Villa. We know where we need to get better. The ball is deflected into their box, it balloons up in the air. Heroic stuff from the Chelsea custodian. Bailey has a freekick.