Chelsea vs Aston Villa Preview (Saturday, 27.12.2025) Premier League:
Possible starting lineups:
Chelsea:
Sanchez; James, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Neto, Palmer, Garnacho; Joao Pedro
Aston Villa:
Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Lindelof, Maatsen; Kamara, Onana; McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers; Watkins
Chelsea will welcome Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening. The Blues are favorites, mostly thanks to the home advantage, but Aston Villa are in fantastic form. However, the importance of these three points is very big for the Blues. They are currently fourth on the table with 29 points, same as fifth-placed Liverpool. Considering the Reds hosted the bottom-placed Wolves this weekend, Chelsea could easily drop on the table if don't win here. The actual form isn't at high level, the Blues have claimed just 5 points from an available 12 in the last four rounds. Enco Maresca's men managed to beat only Everton, while shared the points with Bournemouth and Newcastle and suffered a painful defeat at Leeds. At the moment, Chelsea are 10 points back from leaders Arsenal and nobody talks about the title. Most of the players are available, including Liam Delap and Estevao Willian. That means only three players are out injured - Dario Essugo, Romeo Lavia and long-term injury victim Levi Colwill.
Aston Villa are the hottest team in Europa. They are in series of 10 victories across all competitions, with seven of them in the Premier League. I think even the manager Unai Emery didn't expect something like that, particularly after the awful start of the season. Just to remind You, Villa failed to score a single goal in the first four matches, before ending that drought in a 1:1 draw away at Sunderland in September. The fans were suspicious about the Spanish coach, but he managed to become one of the most successful managers in the club's modern history. Aston Villa have won 11 of the last 12 league matches, collecting 33 points. That includes victories against Arsenal and Manchester City. The West Midlands club are third on the table, one point adrift of Man City and three behind Arsenal. Four players - Harvey Elliot, Ross Barkley, Tyrone Mings and Pau Torres - are out injured. That's not all as Evan Guessand is at the Africa Cup of Nations with his national team (Ivory Coast).
Chelsea vs Aston Villa Prediction:
Aston Villa have won 11 of the last 12 league matches. That also means they have scored on 11 of the last 12 matches in the Premier League. Unai Emery is doing a fantastic job and the players confidence is very high. i think Watkins and Rogers look unstoppable at the moment. At least one of them will find the back of the net. Chelsea, meanwhile, have the home advantage as this match will be played at Stamford Bridge. The Blues showed they are really strong hosts, they beat Barcelona 3:0 in UEFA Champions League. I think they will score here.
Chelsea vs Aston Villa:
Pick: Both teams to score - Yes
Odds: 1.62 (Decimal) -161 (American) 8/13 (Franctional)
Bookmaker: Bet365
