Struggling Aston Villa will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Chelsea in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Aston Villa and Chelsea should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Aston Villa form and stats
Aston Villa, who have the most conceded goals (56) in Premier League, have played 13 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Aston Villa with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Watford game, 52 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Aston Villa haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 217 minutes ago. B. Engels scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager D. Smith led his Aston Villa to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Leicester City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Villa Park. Preceding that match was a Carabao Cup defeat to Manchester City (1-2).
Aston Villa were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Aston Villa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Aston Villa defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Chelsea form and stats
7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Chelsea playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Chelsea, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Chelsea go into this game after a win, the home game against Everton that ended 4-0. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Liverpool.
As you can tell from the results above, Chelsea was very dominant against Everton, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Pedro, Willian, Mason Mount and Olivier Giroud providing the goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Champions League trip to Bayern München.
The Chelsea manager F. Lampard has got the team scoring on the road, with 29 away goals in 14 league matches. As for defending, Chelsea rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Chelsea - Aston Villa 2-1. Aston Villa-Chelsea H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Aston Villa one win, Chelsea nine wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Bakumo-Abraham 13 goals |   J. Grealish 7 goals |  M. Mount 6 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Aston Villa | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 34 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | 51 |
| 56 | 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 39 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 71% | 69% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 79% | 62% |
| 36% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 57% | 38% |
| 18% | 23% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 29% | 14% |
| 64% | 69% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 79% | 59% |
| 14% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 21% |
| 25% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| 6.9 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 349 | 190 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 217 | 477 |
| 115 | 52 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 76 | 165 |
| 30% | 35% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | 31% |
- Aston Villa has the most conceded goals (56)
- Aston Villa has the most conceded goals in the second half (33)
- Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chelsea have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 29 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 45 | 82 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 68 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 37 | 57 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 30 | 53 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 48 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 45 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 41 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 43 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Burnley | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 39 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 39 |
| 12 | Everton | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -9 | 37 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 35 |
| 14 | Southampton | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -17 | 34 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 29 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -15 | 27 |
| 17 | Watford | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -17 | 27 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 26 | -18 | 27 |
| 19 | Aston Villa | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 56 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -22 | 25 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 26 | -27 | 21 |