The visiting Chelsea team are thought to be favourites at Aston Villa, as the visitors hold a 7 point lead from their eight league games this season.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Aston Villa form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Aston Villa have to build on here at Villa Park in the Premier League.
The Aston Villa manager Gerrard and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Nottingham Forest (placed 19th). Young, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Young scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Leeds United that finished 0-0.Villa are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Fulham awaits in four days.
Aston Villa have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chelsea form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Two away matches in a row for Chelsea, whose manager Potter could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Milan. Jorginho got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Jorginho scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 88 successful passes (of 91 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League.Lots of goals? This team have played 7 consecutive league matches all ending with at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Brentford.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Chelsea have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Aston Villa-Chelsea H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Aston Villa one win, Chelsea seven wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Sterling 3 goals |  K. Havertz 2 goals |   Douglas Luiz 1 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Aston Villa | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.4 | 9 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13 | 12.8 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 24% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 24% | 39% |
| 11.1 | 10.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9 | 9.9 |
| 4 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 | Arsenal | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 23 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 9 | Fulham | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Liverpool | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 11 | Brentford | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Everton | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Southampton | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -15 | 5 |
| 20 | Leicester City | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -9 | 4 |
