National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chelsea or Aston Villa that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chelsea form and stats
Chelsea was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Carabao Cup.Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Chelsea 2 wins from 2 appearances. Chelsea are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
A good away victory last time out for Chelsea, who won 3-0 against Tottenham Hotspur. Thiago Silva was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.23 out of 10. The defender Silva scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
Previous to that game, a Champions League home match hosting Zenit in a game that was won 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chelsea, as the Premier League home game vs Manchester City is only three days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Chelsea at home in the league. 6 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Aston Villa form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Barrow in order to reach 3rd round of Carabao Cup. They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.It's not happening yet for Aston Villa on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Villa has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Aston Villa won their last game, 3-0 versus Everton played at home. Midfield player Douglas Luiz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Luiz served one assist and hit five key passes.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Chelsea wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Manchester United.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Aston Villa has managed 2 goals and let in 6 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Chelsea won seven games, one match ended in a draw and Aston Villa got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  R. Lukaku Menama 3 goals |   D. Ings 2 goals |  M. Alonso Mendoza 1 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Chelsea | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | Everton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Watford | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Arsenal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Southampton | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Newcastle United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 19 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -12 | 0 |