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.
The hosts Aston saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sheffield United, was also a home game here at Villa Park. The away team is better rested.
Aston Villa form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Aston Villa, who have the most conceded goals (56) in Premier League, are 5-3-6 (wins-draw-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 307 minutes without scoring a league goal. B. Engels was the last player to find the net.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Sheffield United in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Aston lost 0-4 at Leicester City's place.
Aston Villa are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Newcastle United awaits in three days.
The Aston fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.
Chelsea form and stats
7-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chelsea in their Premier League matches away. Chelsea has drawn their two previous away games.
Chelsea won their last game, 4-0 versus Everton played at home. Before that, Chelsea secured a home win against Liverpool with the score 2-0.
As mentioned above, Chelsea was the only team on the pitch versus Everton in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
After this away game Chelsea return home for a Premier League game against Manchester City. That game is only four sleeps after this.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Chelsea are regular goalscorers on their travels. As for defending, Chelsea rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Chelsea - Aston 2-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Aston Villa victory, zero draws and nine Chelsea wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.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 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 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 |
| 93% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 69% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 79% | 62% |
| 34% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 57% | 38% |
| 17% | 21% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 29% | 14% |
| 62% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 79% | 59% |
| 17% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 21% |
| 28% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 5.3 | 6.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| 6.8 | 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 361 | 202 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 217 | 477 |
| 121 | 58 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 76 | 165 |
| 28% | 31% | 30% | 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)
- Aston Villa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 71 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 40 | 60 |
| 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 | Sheffield United | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 44 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 41 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 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 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 40 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 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 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -22 | 26 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 26 | -27 | 21 |