Chelsea vs Aston Villa LIVE: Struggling Blues without 12 first-team players for visit of high-flying Villans – kick-off time, team news and how to follow
Chelsea welcome Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge this weekend as they look to spark their season into life.
The Blues have won just one of their opening five Premier League games this year and haven't scored in the last two against Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth.
Mauricio Pochettino's side have a huge amount of injuries to contend with but should still be doing better than they are.
Meanwhile, Villa have won three of their opening five and will head to west London with confidence, knowing if they could get an early goal, the home crowd might turn.
Unai Emery's side want to be competing for a top four spot this year, and they stand a good chance of managing to make it if they keep playing like this.
This Premier League clash is set to take place on Sunday, September 24.
Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is scheduled for 2pm.
This fixture will not be televised on UK screens due to it not being selected for broadcast.
However, highlights will be available on the Sky Sports website and app shortly after the end of the match and then later on Match of the Day 2.
talkSPORT will have updates from west London throughout while talkSPORT.com will also be on hand for all the post-match reaction.
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The hosts currently have 12 first-team players injured.
Long-term absentees include Wesley Fofana, Christopher Nkunku, Romeo Lavia and Carney Chukwuemeka.
Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella and Noni Madueke were all absent for the Bournemouth game after picking up knocks and illness over the international break.
Benoit Badiashile has suffered a setback on
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