Chelsea vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th December 2025

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

Two places behind the league-leaders, Aston Villa claimed 36 points from 17 rounds, while The Blues amassed 29 points. They now rank as number 4 in the Premier League standings.

Both Chelsea and The Villans aim to show their respective set of fans they are the better side on Saturday, and we are bound to see an exciting game.

Chelsea scored an average of 1.6 goals in ten matches or a total of 16 while allowing eight goals against. This is an average of 0.8 goals against per match with six clean sheets along the way.

Aston Villa scored 21 goals, conceded 11 and held on for a clean sheet in three of their last ten matches.

Chelsea lost to 2-1 Aston Villa in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 3-0 win, which Chelsea dished out the match before that.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Prediction

Chelsea Form

In their last three matches, Chelsea won 2-0 and 1-3 against first Everton then Cardiff, before drawing 2-2 against Newcastle. Chelsea won three of their previous six matches at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring ten goals to seven against.

They are one of only a few teams capable of taking the title in the Premier League, and Chelsea currently remain on course.

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against FC Basel 1893, who were defeated by 1-2. Then, West Ham got outclassed in a 2-3 win, before beating Manchester United by 2-1. Aston Villa claimed 13 points in their last six Premier League matches, winning four, drawing once as well as losing once. They conceded ten and scored 12 goals themselves.

Aston Villa are among the title candidates in the Premier League again this season, and first place is still within reach.

This particular encounter between Chelsea and Aston Villa looks a little trickier for the favourites, than prices with the bookmakers suggest. All things considered, though, we still believe, the home side has enough about them to pull off a win on Saturday.

Chelsea earned four points from their last three matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed one wins, following four goals scored while also conceding four. Aston Villa won four games, picked up 14 points, scored ten and conceded 11 goals in their last seven games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. Chelsea have a record of eight wins, five draws and four defeats in the Premier League this season. Aston Villa have a record of 11 wins, three draws and three defeats in the Premier League.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Squads

Chelsea Squad

Enzo Maresca will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Aston Villa from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Filip Joergensen (0/1), Gabriel Slonina (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/17), Axel Disasi (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/4), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Jorrel Hato (0/4), Josh Acheampong (1/5), Levi Colwill (0/0), Malo Gusto (2/15), Marc Cucurella (0/17), Reece James (2/16), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/9), Trevoh Chalobah (3/16), Wesley Fofana (0/9), Andrey Santos (0/12), Cole Palmer (2/7), Dario Essugo (0/0), Enzo Fernandez (4/16), Facundo Buonanotte (0/1), Jamie Gittens (0/12), Moises Caicedo (3/13), Romeo Lavia (0/4), Tyrique George (0/4), Alejandro Garnacho (1/11), Estevao (1/14), Joao Pedro (5/17), Liam Delap (0/8), Marc Guiu (0/9), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/0), Pedro Neto (5/17), Raheem Sterling (0/0), Shumaira Mheuka (0/0).

Aston Villa Squad

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

Emiliano Martinez (0/13), Marco Bizot (0/4), Rhys Oakley (0/0), Ronnie Hollingshead (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/16), Ian Maatsen (0/12), Lamare Bogarde (0/12), Lino Sousa (0/0), Lucas Digne (0/16), Matty Cash (3/17), Pau Torres (0/12), Tyrone Mings (0/7), Victor Lindelof (0/6), Yeimar Mosquera (0/0), Amadou Onana (2/12), Boubacar Kamara (1/15), Emiliano Buendia (4/15), Harvey Elliott (0/4), John McGinn (1/17), Ross Barkley (1/7), Youri Tielemans (0/11), Andres Garcia (0/0), Donyell Malen (4/17), Evann Guessand (0/12), Jadon Sancho (0/7), Morgan Rogers (7/17), Ollie Watkins (3/17).

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Team News

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Lineups

Chelsea vs Aston Villa H2H

Chelsea took a hit when Aston Villa handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 3-0 win. Chelsea won four matches and Aston Villa won four Matches of the latest ten encounters. Aston Villa came out 2-1 winners in the most recent meeting, though, and the bookies best betting odds on another away win at full-time are at 29/10.

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 8/11 with bookies.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Pedro Neto, who is performing well for Chelsea. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Aston Villa.The visitors will be looking to Morgan Rogers to find the net once again, after managing six Premier League goals for Aston Villa in recent matches.

Chelsea won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing two as well. Aston Villa won six from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost two in this run. Chelsea will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Saturday, with Aston Villa managing a clean sheet once in the previous 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Both teams scored five times in the last ten encounters between Chelsea and Aston Villa, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Chelsea scored 1.6 goals on average, while Aston Villa pulled 1.1 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Chelsea, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Aston Villa. They performed an average of 2.4 goals in these.