Just before the match began there was a minute’s silence for all those who have passed away due to the COVID-19 pandemic, followed straightaway afterwards by the players taking the knee, as has been the case at all Premier League games since the restart – a symbol of support for the Black Lives Matter protests. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Here's our team for #AVLCHE! 13/10/2020 18:00. Fikayo Tomori will miss out with a muscle injury sustained in training, with Callum Hudson-Odoi also not ready for competitive action, but N’Golo Kante does start. Villa played their game in hand on Wednesday night as top-flight action finally recommenced. Although Kepa was able to keep out the initial effort by El Ghazi, Hause was quick to pounce and turn the loose ball in.Alonso had a volley blocked and Kovacic was not far away with a 20-yarder before half-time but somehow we went in behind.

With the Blues trailing 1-0 with an hour gone, captain Cesar Azpilicueta was also a major player in the turnaround as he supplied the assists for two goals in three minutes, the first a cross for the American to score with a volley, the second a pass into the French centre-forward to finish on the turn. Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has scored in his last six games against Aston Villa in all competitions, netting eight goals; all appearances came while he was at Arsenal between 2013 and 2016. We are now five points clear of Man United and Wolves who are below us in fifth and sixth. An intriguing clash which Chelsea should win but we know this young side has slipped up more than a few times so far this season. Read about Aston Villa v Chelsea in the Premier League 2019/20 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. Chelsea return to Premier League action this afternoon with a trip to face under-fire Aston Villa.

The England midfielder’s campaign has been ravaged by the protracted recovery from a torn Achilles tendon, but he is now ready for Premier League action. This service is provided on talkSPORT Ltd's Terms of Use in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We have now won six league games in a row against Aston Villa, extending what was already our best winning run against them. Our Under-18s returned to winning ways with a thrilling seven-goal showing over Reading on Saturday morning. Aston Villa vs Chelsea: Date and kick-off time The Premier League tie will be held at Villa Park on Sunday, June 21 and will kick-off at 4:15pm. The Premier League tie will be held at Villa Park on Sunday, June 21 and will kick-off at 4:15pm. A win here will see them become just the second team in top-flight history to win a match on all seven days of the week within a season, after Tottenham in 1986-87. Let’s see if Frank Lampard’s side take them as they aim to boost their top four hopes with the likes of Wolves and Man United lurking just below them in the table. Both teams need a win for very different reasons as Aston Villa are battling against relegation and Chelsea are in the top four but face a big challenge to qualify for the UEFA Champions League as plenty of teams are knocking on the door. Aston Villa have taken just two points from their last 63 available against ‘big six’ Premier League sides, (W0 D2 L19), drawing with Man City in November 2015, and with Man Utd this season. Andreas Christensen replaced Kurt Zouma in central defence. It will follow their coverage of Newcastle vs Sheffield United which kicks off at 2pm. Jorginho was suspended. All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission. John McGinn has passed a late fitness test to start today. They now host a Chelsea side who have been impressive under Frank Lampard this season and remain eager to secure a Champions League finish. © 2020 Chelsea FC. If there was one benefit of the enforced and extended break, it was the chance it gave for N’Golo Kante to recover fully from injury and the midfielder was included from the off by Lampard today, as the midfield anchor.With four changes to the side compared with the one that had beaten Everton 105 days earlier, Mateo Kovacic also returned to the starting 11 and Ruben Loftus-Cheek played his first game since his serious injury in May 2019, as one of the front three. Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Christensen, Alonso, Loftus-Cheek, Kante, Kovacic, Willian, Giroud, Mount. Head to Head Statistics : Chelsea vs Aston Villa Year up to 2020 The Soccer Teams Chelsea and Aston Villa played 25 Games up to today. We will have to wait and see. They last had a longer winless run away from home between September-December 2015 (7 games). Villa are Chelsea’s third favourite Premier League victims, the 25 wins recorded over them bettered only against Spurs (30) and Everton (26). The west Londoners last visited Villa Park in April 2016, claiming a handsome 4-0 win with Alexandre Pato scoring the only goal of his failed Blues career.

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