Chelsea vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st December 2024

The Blues appear to have a good chance to add three more points to their season account, as they face Aston Villa in round 13 of the Premier League season. They will surely end up frustrated, should they fail to beat the visitors at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Chelsea are third in the Premier League standings after collecting 22 points from their initial 12 encounters. The Villans trail them on 19 points after 12 rounds, leaving them as number 8 in the table.

Entering the match as a favourite, Chelsea will be highly motivated to extend their unbeaten streak that they currently have in this Premier League campaign. They should be in with a decent chance of adding another win to their account. The visitors will undoubtfully make their life as unpleasant as possible, however, they will have it very difficult considering the current form of the hosts.

The Blues scored an average of 1.7 goals in ten matches or a total of 17 while allowing ten goals against. This is an average of one goals against per match with two clean sheets along the way.

Aston Villa scored 17 goals, conceded 16 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Sunday?

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Prediction

Chelsea Form

Their last three matches saw Chelsea drawing 1-1 with Arsenal, before taking out Leicester by 1-2, and FC Heidenheim by 0-2. Chelsea claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Premier League. They also drew three and lost one, scored nine goals and conceded eight.

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored ten while also conceding 11 times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

Chelsea look well suited to build on their current momentum against visitors Aston Villa. We expect them to deliver the goods in their upcoming clash at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea have taken eight points from their last six games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of nine goals to nine. Aston Villa took one wins from their last four games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They collected three points, scored four goals and conceded nine. Chelsea have a record of six wins, four draws and two defeats in the Premier League this season. Aston Villa are looking at five wins, four draws and three defeats in the Premier League.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Squads

Chelsea Squad

Maresca will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Aston Villa from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Filip Joergensen (0/0), Lucas Bergstroem (0/0), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/12), Axel Disasi (0/2), Ben Chilwell (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/2), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Josh Acheampong (0/0), Levi Colwill (0/12), Malo Gusto (0/9), Marc Cucurella (0/11), Reece James (0/4), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/4), Wesley Fofana (0/11), Carney Chukwuemeka (0/0), Cesare Casadei (0/0), Cole Palmer (7/12), Enzo Fernandez (1/11), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (0/4), Moises Caicedo (1/12), Noni Madueke (4/11), Omari Kellyman (0/0), Renato Veiga (0/5), Romeo Lavia (0/7), Tyrique George (0/0), Christopher Nkunku (1/11), Jadon Sancho (0/6), Joao Felix (1/6), Marc Guiu (0/1), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/7), Nicolas Jackson (7/12), Pedro Neto (1/11).

Aston Villa Squad

Here is the full team squad of Aston Villa. The 53 year-old Unai Emery will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Emiliano Martinez (0/12), Joe Gauci (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/0), Diego Carlos (0/7), Ezri Konsa (1/10), Ian Maatsen (0/10), Kortney Hause (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/3), Lamare Bogarde (0/3), Lucas Digne (0/12), Matty Cash (0/7), Pau Torres (0/12), Sil Swinkels (0/0), Tyrone Mings (0/0), Amadou Onana (2/10), Boubacar Kamara (0/3), Emiliano Buendia (0/5), Jacob Ramsey (0/10), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/8), John McGinn (0/10), Leon Bailey (0/11), Ross Barkley (2/9), Youri Tielemans (0/12), Jhon Duran (4/12), Morgan Rogers (3/12), Ollie Watkins (6/12).

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Team News

Apparently, Aston Villa have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Sunday.

Aston Villa need to do without Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings, who are not fit enough to travel to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Lineups

Chelsea vs Aston Villa H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Sunday. Chelsea have been slightly more successful than The Villans in recent meetings. With a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match, betting on The Blues has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 7/10.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Results

In the last ten matches between Chelsea and Aston Villa over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on at least three goals are at 8/15 with bookies.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Ross Barkley shows decent form right now for Aston Villa, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Chelsea, who are strong favourites on Sunday. Siding with Nicolas Jackson also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Premier League matches.

In their last 10 matches at Stamford Bridge across all tournaments Chelsea won six times, drew three and lost one times. Aston Villa claimed five wins, one draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Stamford Bridge since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Chelsea. The same occurred in six of the last 10 league games away from home for Aston Villa.

The last ten encounters between Chelsea and Aston Villa saw over 2.5 goals scored six times, with Chelsea averaging 1.6 goals a game. Aston Villa scored 1.1 goals on average in these, as both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Chelsea’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in four of the last ten matches that Aston Villa played across all tournaments. They scored one time on average in the process.