Aston Villa vs Chelsea: Preview, predictions and lineups
Aston Villa will be planning to further cement their place in the top four when they welcome Chelsea to the Midlands in Saturday night's late kick-off.
Unai Emery's Villans are primed for a successful end to the campaign with plenty to play for both domestically and in Europe. They sit six points ahead of Tottenham having played a match more before the weekend.
Chelsea were dumped out of the FA Cup by Manchester City and followed that disappointment up with a disgrace of a performance at Arsenal, being roundly thrashed 5-0 by their London rivals.
Here's preview of Saturday's encounter.
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Aston Villa 3-1 Bournemouth — 21/04/24
Arsenal 5-0 Chelsea — 23/04/24
Lille 2-1 Aston Villa — 18/04/24
Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea — 20/04/24
Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa — 14/04/24
Chelsea 6-0 Everton — 15/04/24
Aston Villa 2-1 Lille — 11/04/24
Sheffield United 2-2 Chelsea — 07/04/24
Aston Villa 3-3 Brentford — 06/04/24
Chelsea 4-3 Manchester United — 04/04/24
Country
TV channel/live stream
United Kingdom
TNT Sports 1, discovery+ App, TNT Sports Ultimate, discovery+
United States
SiriusXM FC, Peacock
Canada
fuboTV Canada
Villa can welcome Douglas Luiz back into their starting lineup after the Brazilian midfielder served a suspension for collecting ten yellow cards. He'll partner John McGinn with few other changes expected from the side that saw off Bournemouth 3-1 last week.
Nicolo Zaniolo is on the sidelines having just started to show what he can do at Villa Park, with the likes of Jacob Ramsey, Alex Moreno, Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendia and Tyrone Mings all unavailable.
Aston Villa predicted lineup vs Chelsea (4-4-1-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Bailey, McGinn, Luiz, Rogers; Tielemans; Watkins.
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