On the 26th of December, in this week 19 match, Aston Villa hosts Chelsea at Villa Park in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Aston Villa is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Norwich City. Jacob Ramsey scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 34th minute, then Ollie Watkins added another in the 87th minute In the end, Norwich City was frustrated by Aston Villa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aston Villa ended the match with the shutout victory. Aston Villa is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches, while chelsea is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Neither Wolverhampton Wanderers nor Chelsea could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 5 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Chelsea was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Romelu Lukaku scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 15th minute, then Mateo Kovačić added another in the 49th minute In the end, Aston Villa couldn’t muster any offence and Chelsea ran away with the shutout win.
Mason Mount has been the most prolific scorer on Chelsea in the last five matches with three goals. Aston Villa is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins each having 2 goals in their last 5
Aston Villa will be without Bertrand Traoré, Anwar El Ghazi, Keinan Davis, Jed Steer and Marvelous Nakamba, while N’Golo Kanté, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Timo Werner, Romelu Lukaku and Trevoh Chalobah are unavailable to play for Chelsea.