Chelsea will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 0 points behind Aston Villa.
- Chelsea has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Premier League
- Aston Villa has the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither Chelsea nor Aston Villa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Chelsea form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea have scored 17 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Chelsea after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The fans are hoping that Chelsea will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Arsenal (placed 14th). Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against West Ham United.
The penalty miss from Jorginho in the defeat against Arsenal was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Chelsea's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won zero matches, drawn two and lost one.
Chelsea can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 17 times. Chelsea have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Aston Villa form and stats
The away performances of Aston Villa, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League, have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Villa are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The Villa goalkeeper Damian Emiliano Martinez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 404 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Kortney Hause, Anwar El Ghazi and Bertrand Traoré secured the home win 3-0 against Crystal Palace in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus West Bromwich Albion at their stadium, the result 3-0.
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez was absolutely vital in the Villa victory against Crystal Palace, making six saves. A victory against Crystal Palace as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Aston Villa hit the posts three times.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Villa when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning zero games.
Villa has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Manchester United in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The Aston Villa manager D. Smith has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. The Villa defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chelsea nine wins, zero draws and Aston Villa one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Bakumo-Abraham 6 goals |   O. Watkins 6 goals |  J. Grealish 5 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Chelsea | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 67% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 17% | 31% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 83% | 62% |
| 27% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.9 | 14.1 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13.8 | 16.5 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 41% | 35% |
- Aston Villa has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Premier League
- Aston Villa has the most clean sheets (5) away in Premier League
- Aston Villa has the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League
- Aston Villa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Aston Villa have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Chelsea has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Premier League
- Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Everton | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 9 | Southampton | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 14 | Arsenal | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Burnley | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Fulham | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 7 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -18 | 2 |