Chelsea Vs Villa : Premier League – 1:30pm : Sunday 1 December 2024

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Team news

Chelsea pair Pedro Neto and Malo Gusto are expected to be offered on Sunday after recuperating from injury and illness, respectively.


Head coach Enzo Maresca had the luxury of making 10 changes to his starting XI for Thursday's Conference League win at Heidenheim, with Benoit Badiashile the only player retaining his place.


Aston Villa midfielder Amadou Onana could be involved after missing 2 matches with a foot issue.


Jacob Ramsey stays out, however fit-again Boubacar Kamara went back to the Villa line-up versus Juventus midweek, and Ezri Konsa was an unused replacement following a hip problem.

Match truths

Head-to-head



Aston Villa can make three succeeding away league wins versus Chelsea for just the 2nd time, having actually done so between 1930 and 1933.




Rental property is contending to become the first visiting team to keep 3 top-flight clean sheets at Stamford Bridge because Everton from 1977 to 1984.




These groups also fulfilled in last season's FA Cup 4th round, with Chelsea advancing 3-1 in a replay at Villa Park after a goalless draw in the house.



Chelsea



Chelsea lost all 8 league matches last season against the groups that completed in the leading four (D5, L3), and they've just taken one point from 3 conferences with those sides in 2024-25.




Nonetheless, their only three defeats in the past 27 top-flight video games left to Arsenal and Liverpool and at home to Manchester City (W15, D9).




The Blues are in threat of going seven successive top-flight home matches without a clean sheet from the beginning of a season for the very first time since a run of nine in 1978-79.




Only 41% of Chelsea's points this season have come at home, the lowest portion of any side this term.




Nicolas Jackson has actually been directly associated with 17 goals in his previous 20 Premier League looks, scoring 12 and establishing 5.




No player has created more chances from open play in the Premier League this season than Cole Palmer, with 28. Palmer has actually made 4 appearances in all competitors without ever scoring versus Aston Villa; he just has a worse record versus Liverpool, who he's faced five times.



Aston Villa



Aston Villa are winless in seven games in all competitors (D3, L4). It's their longest run without a victory under Unai Emery.




They lost all 3 competitive away matches in November, having won five and drawn one of their opening 6 components on the road this season.




Villa have made 11 points from losing positions in 2024-25, behind just Manchester City's 13.




Their only tidy sheet in 17 league matches was available in a 0-0 home draw versus Manchester United last month. Throughout that period, Villa yielded 31 objectives, approximately 1.82 per video game.




Ollie Watkins could end up being the very first visiting player to score 3 match-winning objectives at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.




Jhon Duran scored five objectives in his very first eight alternative appearances for Villa this season but has actually stopped working to score in 8 subsequent cameos off the bench.


Goal Prediction

The groups were delighted with their scoring ability in 2 recent head-to-head matches, netting 4 goals. We expect this goal parade to continue. Both challengers have been scoring a lot this season. Vacation home has slowed down, but they still develop numerous possibilities; their finishing is doing not have. Thinking about Chelsea has actually conceded in their last 7 Premier League matches, one might bank on Both Teams to Score (Yes).

Corner Prediction

These groups are amongst the league leaders in corner kicks made. They average about 6 corner kicks per game each, so a total of over 9.5 corners looks like an ideal bet, particularly because this bet has hit in 5 consecutive Aston Villa matches in the EPL and 7 head-to-head conferences at Stamford Bridge. USE the
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Match Prediction

Offered their present type, Chelsea appears like the preferred. However one can not eliminate the possibility of an upset, particularly thinking about the last 5 head-to-head encounters where Londoners have only one triumph. The visitors will develop possibilities; if their completing does not disappoint, they might take points from the "Blues." We attempt to recommend that this will happen. We anticipate a high-scoring draw with a rating of 2:2, but anticipating a result is too risky, so as a vital bet, we propose a total of over 2.5 objectives. This bet has hit 6 out of Aston Villa's last 7 away matches in the Premier League.