Aston Villa vs Chelsea Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Aston Villa versus Chelsea will be a closely-contested match-up in the Premier League, as just four points separate the two sides, with the Villains sitting in ninth-place with 39 points from 26 matches, while the Blues are sixth have earned 43 points from 25 matches.

Unai Emery’s side actually have the fourth-best home record in the Premier League, as they’ve won six, drawn seven and lost just one of their 14 games at Villa Park, scoring 23 and conceding 17. On the other hand, Chelsea’s away record is the fifth-best in the division, having earned 21 points from 13 games (winning six, drawing three and losing four). Enzo Maersca’s side do have a poor defensive record on the road, having leaked 19 goals.

With Chelsea being on a run of just two league wins in nine matches, we are backing Villa to win this game at Villa Park.

Prediction: Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea

Ninth-place Aston Villa hosts sixth-place Chelsea in what could be a crucial game in regard to the European qualification places.

Date: 22/02/2025

Location: Villa Park

Time: 5:30pm

The reverse fixture resulted in a 3-0 victory for Chelsea on 1st December, as goals from Nicolas Jackson, Enzo Fernández and Cole Palmer condemned Aston Villa to defeat at Stamford Bridge. However, that was when Chelsea were in a good vein of form under Maresca, as now, Villa arguably come into this game as favourites as they are priced at 17/10, compared to the visitor’s odds of 41/25.

Aston Villa sit five points adrift of Manchester City who occupies the final Champions League qualification place, demonstrating just how tight the table is heading into matchday 26 of the Premier League season.

Emery’s men have been inconsistent in the Premier League this campaign, having won ten, drawn nine and lost seven, seeing them sit on 39 points from 26 games, a much inferior record to that which saw them earn a shock fourth-place finish with 68 points from 38 matches.

Villa have mainly found a lot of joy in cup competitions this campaign, as they managed to qualify for the Champions League’s Round of 16 via an eighth-place finish with 16 points from eight matches, with arguably their most memorable moment being a 1-0 home victory over Bayern Munich as Jhon Duran fired in the only goal of the game.

On top of their Champions League progression, Villa have also managed to advance to the Fifth Round of the FA Cup where they’ll take on Cardiff City at Villa Park, having dumped out both West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur via 2-1 scorelines in previous rounds.

The wheels seem to have come off for Chelsea of late, as their dismal run of two league wins in nine matches has also coincided with their recent FA Cup exit at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion.

Towards the start of December, the Blues looked like shock outsiders to challenge Liverpool for the Premier League title, however, those unlikely aspirations have been knocked back as they sit 18 points off top spot.

There seems to be a lot of disgruntlement around Stamford Bridge around Maresca, as a lot of Chelsea fans now deem the Italian manager to be underachieving this campaign, having crashed out of both domestic cups, meaning that all they have to play for is European qualification and a Europa Conference League win, having finished top of the group stage in that competition with six wins from six.

Aston Villa versus Chelsea will be broadcast live to UK subscribers of Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League.

Aston Villa

Villa will be without the likes of Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Ross Barkley, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana and Leon Bailey for this weekend’s clash against Chelsea.

Chelsea

Chelsea could have up to seven absentees for their trip to Villa Park, as the likes of Benoit Badiashile, Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, Marc Guiu, Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke are all injury doubts, while Mykhailo Mudryk remains suspended.

Aston Villa

Aston Villa were involved in a thrilling 2-2 draw with league leaders Liverpool in midweek as goals from Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins were cancelled out by strikes from Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Prior to that game, Emery’s men had been held to a 1-1 draw by Ipswich Town after beating Tottenham Hotspur (2-1) and Celtic (4-2) on either side of a 2-0 away loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Chelsea

Chelsea enter this game off the back of two humbling defeats to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League and FA Cup, losing via 3-0 and 2-1 scorelines.

In the run-up to those matches against the Seagulls, Maresca’s men had managed two home wins over West Ham United (2-1) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1) on either side of a 3-1 defeat at Manchester City.

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