Aston Villa vs Chelsea

Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest injury and suspension news ahead of Sunday's Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Chelsea.

CHELSEA](/football/premier-league/aston-villa-vs-chelsea_game_156812.html) [Wesley Fofana](/people/wesley-fofana/) (knee), [Reece James](/people/reece-james/) (knee), [N'Golo Kante](/people/ngolo-kante/) (hamstring) [standings](/football/premier-league/table.html), Villa head into the weekend sitting in 16th place, and here Sports Mole takes a look at the selection news for the two clubs.

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Chelsea will be confident of getting a fifth consecutive win in all competitions when they take on Aston Villa on Sunday.

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Aston Villa welcome Chelsea to Villa Park for a Super Sunday clash this weekend as the club's Premier League campaign continues (ko 2pm).

The Premier League is back in action with another round of matches this weekend as Chelsea lock horns with Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa outfit in an ...

Aston Villa have managed to add a degree of stability to their shaky Premier League campaign but are now up against an in-form opponent. Chelsea have experienced a resurgence under Graham Potter and have managed to get the best out of their squad over the past month. The Blues were impressive in their 2-0 victory against AC Milan and will look to achieve a similar result this weekend. The home side played out a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest last week and will need to take it up a notch in this fixture. - Chelsea have won six of their last eight away games against Aston Villa in the Premier League - as many as they had managed in their first 19 such matches in the competition. Aston Villa vs Chelsea Preview

Chelsea looks to keep pace with the top clubs in the Premier League with a Sunday contest against Aston Villa at Villa Park in Birmingham.

The Premier League showdown between Chelsea and Aston Villa is set to kick off at 9 a.m. Aston Villa has been stout defensively, but is tied for the second-fewest goals in the Premier League with seven tallies in nine matches. Chelsea has won three straight matches since the turn of September and looks to make it four in a row as a heavy favorite over Aston Villa.

Steven Gerrard will face old foes Chelsea this weekend as the Blues look to keep pace at the top of the Premier League in their trip to Aston Villa.Ge.

- Only Wolves (3) have scored fewer Premier League goals than Aston Villa (7) this season. - Jacob Ramsey has created more chances for Aston Villa than any of his teammates in the Premier League this season (11). However, he’s lost five of his eight league meetings with Aston Villa (W1 D2), including both against Steven Gerrard last season. - Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games (W1 D3), their longest spell under Steven Gerrard, and longest overall since December 2020 (five unbeaten under Dean Smith). - Raheem Sterling has currently scored 49 Premier League goals away from home (8 for Liverpool, 40 for Man City, 1 for Chelsea), with his next strike being his 50th. Free Bets expire in 7 days. Enhanced odds paid in Free Bets. The Blues are looking to record consecutive league clean sheets for the first time since March. You can also listen via the [talkSPORT app,](https://talksport.com/listen/) on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. - Chelsea have won six of their last eight Premier League away games against Aston Villa (L2), as many as they had in their first 19 visits to Villa Park in the competition (D7 L6). - Aston Villa have won just one of their last 10 Premier League games against Chelsea (D1 L8), beating them 2-1 on the final day of the 2020-21 season. - Following their 1-0 win against Southampton last time out at Villa Park, Aston Villa are looking to win consecutive Premier League home games for the first time since May/August 2021 (which included a 2-1 win against Chelsea), while they last did so in the same season back in January 2021.

Chelsea travel to Villa Park on Sunday as they look to make it five consecutive wins in all competitions.

Villa will be under pressure to win at home, and I can see the nerves getting the better of their players." Chelsea have not got the accolades they've deserved, to be honest - they've done the double over AC Milan and they beat Wolves comfortably. "Chelsea were wasteful last week, and could've beaten Wolves by any score if they'd taken their chances. "I'd said they had a big week coming up and all of a sudden, they've done the business - fair play to them. Although they're unbeaten in their last four games, Villa haven't been picking up many points under Steven Gerrard and the former Liverpool captain is under tremendous pressure. Graham Potter's side ran out comfortable 2-0 winners over AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday night and the Blues will be confident about getting another three points come Sunday.

Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Cucurella, Mount, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Chilwell, Havertz, Aubameyang, Sterling. Subs: Jorginho, Pulisic, Mendy, ...

It cost a lot more than I thought it was going to." He has rotated his squad to keep as many players involved as possible and there has been plenty of the tactical tinkering we saw at Brighton. Seems a fine man, be interesting to see if his pastoral, thoughtful approach will be given enough time to work at a club where they have traditionally brought in a flash manager for quick success. There has been some bad news though, with Reece James and Wesley Fofana lost to injury. Ollie Watkins, Danny Ings, Philippe Coutinho, Emi Buendia and Leon Bailey are a promising collection of attackers but there is little sense of how they piece together. Only Wolves have scored fewer goals than Aston Villa this term. "We have a big opportunity for a scalp today. Alan Smith: "What a nightmare for Tyrone Mings and Aston Villa. We know where we need to get better. The ball is deflected into their box, it balloons up in the air. Heroic stuff from the Chelsea custodian. Bailey has a freekick.

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(NGA); (India); none? A win is also necessary to keep in touch with the leading trio of teams.

Graham Potter's men look to consolidate their position in the top-4 while Steven Gerrard fights to see another day as Aston Villa's manager.

Aston Villa travels away from home twice facing Fulham and Newcastle United on the 21st and 29th of October respectively. The club is fresh from the 2-0 bashing of AC Milan at the San Siro and would look to extend their run of form. A revamped Chelsea outfit travels away from home battling it out with Aston Villa as Graham Potter looks to extend Chelsea’s astounding run of form in all competitions.

Graham Potter will try to extend his unbeaten start at Chelsea when the Blues visit Aston Villa on Sunday.

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A dire draw at Nottingham Forest on Monday night stretched their unbeaten run to four matches, but only two wins and seven goals in nine outings this term is a ...

Gerrard brings in Leon Bailey and Danny Ings up front. Today’s hosts have won only one of the last 10 league meetings against Chelsea, who draft in Marc Cucurella, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kai Havertz. A dire draw at Nottingham Forest on Monday night stretched their unbeaten run to four matches, but only two wins and seven goals in nine outings this term is a poor return for an expensively-assembled squad. The Blues remain unbeaten under their new manager and have won all of their last four matches across all competitions, conceding just once with AC Milan, Wolves and Crystal Palace all defeated. Nizaar Kinsella at Villa Park Follow Aston Villa vs Chelsea with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below, with expert analysis from Nizaar Kinsella at Villa Park!

Graham Potter aims to make it five wins in a row as Chelsea's head coach against an out of form Aston Villa.

Graham Potter is aiming to make it five wins in a row as Chelsea head coach, and six unbeaten since replacing Thomas Tuchel in September. Potter will have to rotate following the terrible injury setback to Reece James which has wider repercussions than just this weekend but does pose questions over who fills that spot with Cesar Azplicueta performing well against Wolves. The Blues are aiming to make it five wins in a row under Graham Potter since he took charge in September.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek comes in instead, potentially on the right side with Mason Mount and Mateo Kovacic across the middle and Ben Chilwell on the left. It looks ...

[Kai Havertz](/en/teams/profile/kai-havertz) is the third player to be introduced, joining [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](/en/teams/profile/pierre-emerick-aubameyang) in attack. [Raheem Sterling](/en/teams/profile/raheem-sterling) was at right wing-back. [Reece James](/en/teams/profile/reece-james) confirmed to be out for around eight weeks with the knee injury he suffered in the midweek win at AC Milan in the Champions League.

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Luiz floats in a ball into the box from the resulting free-kick, and Kepa comes off his line to punch it clear. Gallagher does really well down the right flank to completely bypass Young and whip a cross towards the back post. Chelsea There will be four minutes of stoppage time. The good news is that Mings is back on his feet, although he still doesn't look right. That's full-time here at Villa Park, and the home side once again have nothing to show for their efforts.