Chelsea vs Aston Villa preview
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Tuesday 3 December 2019 16:29, UK
Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Chelsea vs Aston Villa in the Premier League on Wednesday.
Team news
Tammy Abraham missed out on Chelsea's defeat to West Ham on Saturday, but Frank Lampard has said the club's top scorer may be fit to return for this game.
Callum Hudson-Odoi made his return to first-team action in that match with a 20-minute cameo, while Ross Barkley and Antonio Rudiger are both edging closer to fitness, but Ruben Loftus-Cheek is still sidelined.
Frederic Guilbert will sit out Villa's trip to London after he picked up his fifth yellow card of the season against Manchester United on Sunday, while Anwar El Ghazi, who was forced off in that game, may also miss out.
Jed Steer and Keinan Davis are both missing with longer-term problems but Jota may return after more than two months out with a hernia injury.
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Opta stats
- Chelsea have won their last four Premier League home games against Aston Villa, by an aggregate score of 15-1. They've never won five consecutive league games against them at Stamford Bridge.
- Aston Villa have lost eight of their last nine Premier League meetings with Chelsea, with a 1-0 win in March 2014 the exception.
- Aston Villa have lost their last eight Premier League games in London, conceding at least twice in seven of those matches.
- Chelsea are yet to gain a single point from a losing position in the Premier League this season, losing all four games in which they've fallen behind.
- Aston Villa's Jack Grealish has been involved in six goals in his last seven Premier League appearances (3 goals, 3 assists) and is one of only three Englishmen to have both scored and assisted at least three goals in the top-flight this season, along with Jamie Vardy and Marcus Rashford.
- Aston Villa have dropped the most points from winning positions in the Premier League this season (13), winning just one of the four away games they've led in (W1 D1 L2).
Charlie's prediction
Chelsea have had the stumble that we've been predicting would come. A lot of players are not getting the game time they want, but he needs the youngsters in the squad to perform. We have not seen much of Callum Hudson-Odoi recently, while Mason Mount and Tammy Abraham have had a couple of knocks to deal with. This tells you how the squad is being stretched. Chelsea will be up and down for the remainder of the season in my opinion.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 2-1 (17/2 with Sky Bet)
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