Chelsea travels with confidence to meet Aston Villa: Free betting guide

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

Premier League: Two teams in pretty good shape get together for this game. Chelsea might have a small advantage with their 3rd place in the table?

Insights:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Premier League

The hosts Villa saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Tottenham Hotspur.

Aston Villa is in the 11th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Chelsea are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Aston Villa form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Aston Villa at their home stadium (Villa Park) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

It's back home for Villa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Tottenham Hotspur away with the result 2-1. Ollie Watkins found the net in that victory. Bertrand Traoré (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Traoré served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 7 of 10 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Crystal Palace.

The Villa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 18 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Aston Villa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chelsea form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 10 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Leicester City game have they lost an away game, meaning Chelsea has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Impressive finishing from Jorginho and Antonio Rüdiger secured the home win 2-1 against Leicester City in their previous game. Midfielder Mateo Kovačić was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.6. Kovačić hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).

A 0-1 loss hosting Leicester City before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Chelsea have scored 26 goals in 18 league games away. It's not easy to score on Chelsea as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Chelsea - Villa 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Villa won one, Chelsea won eight and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Aston VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
15 goals
Aston VillaA. El Ghazi
A. El Ghazi
9 goals
ChelseaJ. Frello Filho
J. Frello Filho
7 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Chelsea missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Aston Villa Chelsea
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
15 6 1 Won W 2 10 19
7 4 0 Drew D 1 4 10
15 8 4 Lost L 3 4 8
53 27 11 Scored S 7 26 57
45 26 12 Conceded C 7 16 34
89% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 84%
70% 72% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 61% 68%
57% 61% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 43%
22% 33% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 27%
11% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 14%
49% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 41%
41% 39% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 49%
22% 28% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.3
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
14.1 14.9 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 16.3 14.2 14.2
5 5.2 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5.1 5.4
29% 29% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 29%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 37 26 5 6 78 32 18 12 2 4 38 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 46 83
2 Manchester United 37 20 11 6 71 43 19 9 4 6 38 28 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 71
3 Chelsea 37 19 10 8 57 34 19 9 6 4 31 18 18 10 4 4 26 16 23 67
4 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 66 42 18 9 3 6 27 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 24 66
5 Leicester City 37 20 6 11 66 46 18 9 1 8 32 26 19 11 5 3 34 20 20 66
6 West Ham United 37 18 8 11 59 47 18 9 4 5 29 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 12 62
7 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 8 12 64 43 19 10 3 6 35 20 18 7 5 6 29 23 21 59
8 Everton 37 17 8 12 47 43 19 6 4 9 24 28 18 11 4 3 23 15 4 59
9 Arsenal 37 17 7 13 53 39 18 7 4 7 22 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 14 58
10 Leeds United 37 17 5 15 59 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 19 10 0 9 34 33 6 56
11 Aston Villa 37 15 7 15 53 45 18 6 4 8 27 26 19 9 3 7 26 19 8 52
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 12 9 16 35 50 18 7 4 7 20 23 19 5 5 9 15 27 -15 45
13 Crystal Palace 37 12 8 17 41 64 19 6 5 8 20 32 18 6 3 9 21 32 -23 44
14 Southampton 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 8 3 8 28 25 18 4 4 10 19 40 -18 43
15 Newcastle United 37 11 9 17 44 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -18 42
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 9 14 14 40 44 19 4 9 6 22 22 18 5 5 8 18 22 -4 41
17 Burnley 37 10 9 18 33 54 19 4 6 9 14 27 18 6 3 9 19 27 -21 39
18 Fulham 37 5 13 19 27 51 18 2 4 12 9 26 19 3 9 7 18 25 -24 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 37 5 11 21 34 73 19 3 6 10 15 39 18 2 5 11 19 34 -39 26
20 Sheffield United 37 6 2 29 19 63 18 4 1 13 11 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -44 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 37 26 5 6 78 32 18 12 2 4 38 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 46 83
2 Manchester United 37 20 11 6 71 43 19 9 4 6 38 28 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 71
3 Chelsea 37 19 10 8 57 34 19 9 6 4 31 18 18 10 4 4 26 16 23 67
4 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 66 42 18 9 3 6 27 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 24 66
5 Leicester City 37 20 6 11 66 46 18 9 1 8 32 26 19 11 5 3 34 20 20 66
6 West Ham United 37 18 8 11 59 47 18 9 4 5 29 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 12 62
7 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 8 12 64 43 19 10 3 6 35 20 18 7 5 6 29 23 21 59
8 Everton 37 17 8 12 47 43 19 6 4 9 24 28 18 11 4 3 23 15 4 59
9 Arsenal 37 17 7 13 53 39 18 7 4 7 22 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 14 58
10 Leeds United 37 17 5 15 59 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 19 10 0 9 34 33 6 56
11 Aston Villa 37 15 7 15 53 45 18 6 4 8 27 26 19 9 3 7 26 19 8 52
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 12 9 16 35 50 18 7 4 7 20 23 19 5 5 9 15 27 -15 45
13 Crystal Palace 37 12 8 17 41 64 19 6 5 8 20 32 18 6 3 9 21 32 -23 44
14 Southampton 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 8 3 8 28 25 18 4 4 10 19 40 -18 43
15 Newcastle United 37 11 9 17 44 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -18 42
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 9 14 14 40 44 19 4 9 6 22 22 18 5 5 8 18 22 -4 41
17 Burnley 37 10 9 18 33 54 19 4 6 9 14 27 18 6 3 9 19 27 -21 39
18 Fulham 37 5 13 19 27 51 18 2 4 12 9 26 19 3 9 7 18 25 -24 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 37 5 11 21 34 73 19 3 6 10 15 39 18 2 5 11 19 34 -39 26
20 Sheffield United 37 6 2 29 19 63 18 4 1 13 11 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -44 20

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.