Aston Villa vs Chelsea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th March 2026

Aston Villa enjoy home advantage, when visitors Chelsea swing by on Wednesday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Aston Villa approach round 29 as number 4 in the Premier League table with 51 points on their account so far. With 28 rounds behind them, Chelsea have amassed 45 points, placing them as number 6 in the standings.

Aston Villa as well as Chelsea suffered disappointing defeats in their most previous match. This could lead to a cautious encounter as neither side naturally fancies losing once again already.

Aston Villa are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 11 goals. They managed three clean sheets in these matches.

Chelsea scored 19 goals, conceded 14 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Aston Villa go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-1 and 2-1 the last two times they played The Blues.

Aston Villa vs Chelsea Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Only a single draw prevents Aston Villa from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 1-3 defeat against Newcastle, before drawing 1-1 with Leeds. They came up empty-handed once again when Wolverhampton ran out as 2-0 winners. Aston Villa won three of their previous six matches at Villa Park in the Premier League. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring seven goals to five against.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea show a mix of results in their previous three matches. They started well with a 0-4 win against Hull. Then a 1-1 draw with Burnley followed before they lost against Arsenal with a 2-1 scoreline. Chelsea claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads nine goals conceded and 11 scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Aston Villa and Chelsea.

Aston Villa earned 12 points from their last six matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed four wins, following eight goals scored while also conceding nine. Chelsea claimed one wins and five points in the past six games against teams placed inside the top six. They scored seven goals while conceding nine times. Aston Villa have a record of 15 wins, six draws and seven defeats in the Premier League this season. Chelsea enjoy a record of 12 wins, nine draws and seven defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs Chelsea Squads

Aston Villa Squad

The 54-year-old coach of the home team, Unai Emery, will select the lineup against Chelsea from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Emiliano Martinez (0/24), Marco Bizot (0/5), Rhys Oakley (0/0), Ronnie Hollingshead (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/27), Ian Maatsen (0/22), Lamare Bogarde (0/22), Lucas Digne (0/24), Matty Cash (3/26), Pau Torres (0/16), Tyrone Mings (0/11), Victor Lindelof (0/12), Yeimar Mosquera (0/0), Amadou Onana (2/19), Boubacar Kamara (1/18), Douglas Luiz (0/13), Emiliano Buendia (5/26), Harvey Elliott (0/5), John McGinn (3/22), Leon Bailey (0/6), Ross Barkley (1/11), Youri Tielemans (0/17), Alysson Edward (0/2), Andres Garcia (0/3), Brian Madjo (0/0), Jadon Sancho (0/17), Morgan Rogers (8/28), Ollie Watkins (8/27), Tammy Abraham (1/5).

Chelsea Squad

Below is the full team squad of Chelsea. The manager Rosenior will pick his starting XI against Aston Villa from these players:

Filip Joergensen (0/2), Gabriel Slonina (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/27), Benoit Badiashile (0/8), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Jorrel Hato (0/13), Josh Acheampong (1/12), Levi Colwill (0/0), Malo Gusto (2/25), Mamadou Sarr (0/2), Marc Cucurella (1/24), Reece James (2/25), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/13), Trevoh Chalobah (3/27), Wesley Fofana (0/16), Andrey Santos (0/21), Cole Palmer (8/17), Dario Essugo (0/0), Enzo Fernandez (8/27), Jamie Gittens (0/16), Moises Caicedo (3/23), Romeo Lavia (0/5), Alejandro Garnacho (1/17), Estevao (2/19), Joao Pedro (11/28), Liam Delap (1/19), Marc Guiu (0/9), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/0), Pedro Neto (5/28), Shumaira Mheuka (0/0).

Aston Villa vs Chelsea Team News

Aston Villa vs Chelsea Lineups

Aston Villa vs Chelsea H2H

The Villans go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-1 and 2-1 the last two times they played The Blues. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their ten recent outings against each other. The Villans managed five wins, while Chelsea grabbed all three points three times in these ten matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 17/10 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 7/5.

Aston Villa vs Chelsea Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between Aston Villa and Chelsea. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies on Wednesday.

Aston Villa vs Chelsea Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Joao Pedro so far with 11 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target four times in his last six games, and no doubt Chelsea want him to continue this productive spell against Aston Villaon Wednesday.

Aston Villa claimed six wins, drew one and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Chelsea won five, drew two and lost three of their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Aston Villa on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened eight times for Chelsea in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Aston Villa managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Chelsea averaging 1.6 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Aston Villa saw over 2.5 goals in two of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of one goal during this run. Of the last ten games for Chelsea, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 2.1 times goals per game.