Chelsea vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th January 2024

Aston Villa go up against Chelsea on Friday for a FA Cup meeting at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea took down Aston Villa in their most recent cup meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Friday. However, Villa won their last two visits to Stamford and both under Unai Emery, thus arriving with a slight psychological edge.

Chelsea scored an average of 1.9 goals in ten matches or a total of 19 while allowing nine goals against. This is an average of 0.9 goals against per match with five clean sheets along the way.

Aston Villa are currently not the most scoring team in the FA Cup, as they only found the back of the net seven times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.7 goals a game in which they conceded 21 times, an average of 2.1 per game. They managed two clean sheets in these.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Prediction

Chelsea Form

Chelsea look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Middlesbrough, they were left empty-handed in a 1-0 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Fulham in a 1-0 win. They followed that up with a 6-1 win against Middlesbrough in their most recent outing. Chelsea won four of their past six matches on home soil in the FA Cup, where they also lost twice but drew none. They scored 20 goals and conceded nine times.

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa claimed seven points from their last nine available, as the won by 3-2 and 0-1 against Burnley and Middlesbrough, respectively. Last time out, Everton ended up stealing a point in a 0-0 draw. Aston Villa claimed just one win from the last six away games in the FA Cup. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by ten goals to three.

Are Chelsea good enough currently to justify the prices with the bookies, when they face Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge? It could be tight, but strength in squad and match history still makes the home side our choice in the betting market.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Squads

Chelsea Squad

The 51-year-old Pochettino will select the starting eleven against Aston Villa from these players:

Petrovic, Bettinelli, Sanchez, Disasi, Chilwell, Badiashile, Colwill, Sarr, Gusto, Cucurella, James, Silva, Chalobah, Fofana, Santos, Chukwuemeka, Palmer, Gallagher, de Souza, Fernandez, Ugochukwu, Caicedo, Mudryk, Madueke, Lavia, Broja, Nkunku, Jackson, Sterling.

Aston Villa Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Aston Villa head coach Emery will select from for his starting XI:

Martinez, Olsen, Moreno, Chambers, Lenglet, Carlos, Konsa, Dendoncker, Digne, Cash, Torres, Mings, Kamara, Luiz, Buendia, Ramsey, McGinn, Zaniolo, Tielemans, Traore, Duran, Bailey, Diaby, Watkins.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Chelsea, as they prepare to meet Aston Villa, since eight could be missing. There is no need for Nicolas Jackson to show up in the Chelsea dressing room, as he is suspended.

Due to various ailments Christopher Nkunku, Romeo Lavia, Lesley Ugochukwu, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah and Wesley Fofana will be absent from the squad, Chelsea are able to field against Aston Villa on Friday.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Aston Villa, who are looking at six players nursing various problems. Bertrand Traore is suspended from the Aston Villa squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Names like Lucas Digne, Bertrand Traore, Diego Carlos, Bertrand Traore, Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Buendia most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Chelsea.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Lineups

Chelsea vs Aston Villa H2H

Chelsea hope to extend their grip on Aston Villa, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 1-0 and 3-0, respectively. However, but encounters were cup meetings over a decade ago. Lately, in the Premier League, Villa have had the upper hand.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Results

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Chelsea claimed all three points seven times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Aston Villa won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing four and losing two in this series of matches. Chelsea managed four wins without conceding a single goal in the previous 10 matches at home.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Chelsea, who scored an average of two goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Aston Villa's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.