Week 11 brings us a match on Oct 16th where Chelsea will travel to Birmingham to battle Aston Villa in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Aston Villa is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest. Emmanuel Dennis scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the 15th minute, but Ashley Young got the equalizer for Aston Villa in the 22nd minute earning Aston Villa a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, 4th placed Chelsea, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Milan. Jorginho scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 21st minute on a penalty kick, then Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Mason Mount In the end, Milan was frustrated by Chelsea’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Chelsea ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Chelsea won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been the most prolific scorer on Chelsea in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Aston Villa is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Douglas Luiz and Leon Bailey each only have 1 goal in their last five
Ludwig Augustinsson, Diego Carlos and Cameron Archer are unavailable to play for Aston Villa, while Graham Potter’s squad will be without N’Golo Kanté, Reece James and Wesley Fofana.