On the 24th of September, in this week 6 match, Chelsea and Aston Villa will play a match in London in a clash of these two mismatched Premier League teams. In their last match, Chelsea recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against AFC Bournemouth. Neither AFC Bournemouth nor Chelsea could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Aston Villa, recorded a 3-1 win against Crystal Palace. Odsonne Édouard scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 47th minute, then in the 87th minute, Lucas Digne sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jhon Durán But luckily in the 101st minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Leon Bailey. Aston Villa is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Moussa Diaby and Matty Cash have been the hottest scorers for Aston Villa in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Chelsea’s most prolific scorer has been Raheem Sterling. The English attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches
Chelsea will be without Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marcus Bettinelli, Carney Chukwuemeka and Roméo Lavia, while Unai Emery Etxegoien’s Aston Villa squad will be without Tyrone Mings, Bertrand Traoré and Diego Carlos.