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Aston Villa face a trip to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Villans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2008, with Chelsea running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Oct | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 21 Feb | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 05 Oct | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | Chelsea | 4 - 4 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 02 Sep | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 02 Jan | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 08 Nov | Chelsea | 4 - 0 | Aston Villa | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Blues, with 7 goals against.
Aston Villa's away form is equally impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Villans, and 7 goals against.
Chelsea's total of 68 points from their 31 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League. Aston Villa lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 51 from their 30 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An interesting game for the Villans to play at the moment, and one from which I believe will see Aston Villa take away one point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chelsea | 12 games since last home draw. |
| Aston Villa | Undefeated in last 7 away games. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |