On Wednesday, from 19:30 pm, Chelsea receives the visit of Aston Villa, on Stamford Bridge, in the 15th round of the Premier League. The hosts come after a disappointing failure in the derby with West Ham United (0-1), just in front of their own fans, who are waiting for Frank Lampard’s pupils to return.
Villa can be an uncomfortable rival, who has been roasting the big clubs during the season. Liverpool were thrilled by the move from Birmingham, while Manchester United was led by Dean Smith’s team, just before. With solid defenders like Mings, but also with creative players in attack (Wesley, El Ghazi, Grealish), Aston Villa can play quality football, which will make the life of the London team difficult.
Chelsea is 4th in the Premier League (28-20 goalscoring), with two consecutive failures that have affected the morale of the whites. Aston Villa remains at the bottom of the hierarchy (16th place), but hopes to avoid relegation with a positive, offensive-oriented game. Precisely because Villa does not refuse the game, we expect to see goals on Stamford Bridge, in a match where the favorites will definitely not lose their focus. But Chelsea’s defensive ability isn’t exactly great and the visitors can take advantage of it.
Chelsea have won the last four straight duels with Aston Villa, 3-0, 2-1, 2-0 and 4-0, but the previous match was played in 2016. Since then, the strength ratio between the two clubs has diminished. , so visitors have every reason to hope for a surprise on Wednesday. It will be an interesting meeting between Chelsea’s goalscorer, Tammy Abraham, with former colleagues at Aston Villa. Abraham was the City’s best scorer in the promotion season in EPL! Abraham certainly has an additional motivation to score in this match.
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,40
