Chelsea and Aston Villa have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golf expression. The teams both have mid-table places in the Premier League.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's aim for an active match!
Chelsea form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Chelsea at their home stadium (Stamford Bridge) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The spoils were shared in Chelsea's previous game, also at home. Visiting Everton (placed 15th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Havertz has scored in three games in a row. Impressive! Midfielder Chilwell was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Chilwell hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Leicester City with a 3-1 scoreline.Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 15 league matches, 12 have contained two goals or less.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Liverpool are coming to town in three days.
Chelsea are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Chelsea have conceded only 10 goals.
Aston Villa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Aston Villa had fun at their own home (Stamford Bridge) last time out, beating AFC Bournemouth 3-0. Buendía, Luiz and Ramsey scored. Luiz got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, top player of the team. Luiz scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to West Ham United.The schedule is very tough for Villa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Leicester City is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of Aston Villa when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Villa's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Chelsea have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Aston Villa.Here's the final score when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; Aston Villa - Chelsea 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Watkins 9 goals |   K. Havertz 7 goals |  E. Buendía 5 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Chelsea | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 29 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 35 |
| 28 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 39 |
| 89% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 63% | 54% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 81% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 46% | 52% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 30% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 52% |
| 33% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 30% |
| 33% | 31% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 22% |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 12.7 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.4 | 11.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 26% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 32% |
| 11.4 | 11.2 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 12.8 | 11.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 40 | 69 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 67 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 42 | 61 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 50 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 49 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 47 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 42 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 42 |
| 8 | Brentford | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 42 |
| 9 | Fulham | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 38 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -4 | 38 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 27 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -19 | 27 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 26 |
| 15 | Everton | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 32 | -27 | 26 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 30 | -9 | 25 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 24 |
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -29 | 24 |
| 20 | Southampton | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -23 | 23 |
