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- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premier League
Chelsea could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Carabao Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Brentford, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Chelsea.
Aston Villa form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Aston Villa have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Aston Villa are returning here after visiting Norwich City in a Premier League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Watkins and Ramsey scored the goal(s). The gifted forward Watkins bettered all teammates in that game and received a match rating of 8.43 out of 10. Watkins scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Liverpool (0-1).There will be little rest for Aston Villa after this match as they are travelling to Leeds United for a Premier League game in only two days.
Villa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Villa Park with 14 goals in 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Chelsea form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League.
Two travels in a row for Chelsea, whose manager Tuchel could celebrate last time after the Carabao Cup win against Brentford. Midfielder Alonso was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Alonso hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 64 successful passes (of 69 total).
Before that, Chelsea travelled to Wolverhampton Wanderers and returned home with a draw after the Premier League game finished 0-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Chelsea are hosting Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Chelsea's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chelsea - Villa 3-0 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head to head match, earlier this season. 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
  M. Mount 7 goals |   O. Watkins 5 goals |  R. James 4 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Aston Villa | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 39 |
| 25 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 94% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 83% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 11% | 11% |
| 5.2 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 10.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14.2 | 16.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 40% | 48% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | 36% |
| 13.6 | 11.9 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 10.4 | 9.2 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
- All of Aston Villa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aston Villa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Aston Villa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premier League
- Chelsea have the most clean sheets (6) away 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 35 | 44 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 35 | 41 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 38 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Brentford | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 16 |
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 10 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -26 | 10 |
