Its another Weekend, Week 24 in
The English Premier League and
the second half of the season. ladies and gentlemen,its
ASTON VILLA vs CHELSEA
@ Villa Park
by 15:00 GMT
07-2-15
Whenever I see this kind of fixture, I usually get afraid. The reason I do not actually know. But it is not far from the fact that Newcastle And Aston Villa remain the two top flight teams Mourinho has never won at their home ground as a Chelsea Manager both in his first and second missionary journeys.
Secondly, Aston Villa are still struggling as far as I am concerned. They remain a hard nut to crack.
*I have not forgotten the last season heartbreak they gave us.
MATCH OFFICIALS:
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
Assistants: S Ledger, M Salisbury
Fourth Official: K Friend
ASTON VILLA FORM:
L 5 - 0 v ARS (A)
L 0 - 2 v LIV (H)
L 1 - 0 v LEI (A)
D 0 - 0 v CRY (H)
D 0 - 0 v SUN (H)
L 1 - 0 v SWA (A)
CHELSEA FORM:
D 1 - 1 v MCI (H)
W 0 - 5 v SWA (A)
W 2 - 0 v NEW (H)
L 5 - 3 v TOT (A)
D 1 - 1 v SOU (A)
W 2 - 0 v WHU (H)
LAST CORRESPONDING MATCH PLAYED:
Sat 15 Mar 2014, Villa Park
Aston Villa1 - 0Chelsea
Fabian Delph(82)
LEAGUE TABLE:
Pos.Teams Pd. Pts.
1 Chelsea 23 53
2 Manchester City 23 48
3 Manchester United 23 43
4 Southampton 23 42
5 Arsenal 23 42
6 Tottenham Hotspur 23 40
7 Liverpool 23 38
8 West Ham United 23 36
9 Swansea City 23 33
10 Stoke City 23 32
11 Newcastle United 23 30
12 Everton 23 26
13 Crystal Palace 23 23
14 Sunderland 23 23
15 West Bromwich Albion 23 22
16 Aston Villa 23 22
17 Burnley 23 20
18 Hull City 23 19
19 Queens Park Rangers 23 19
20 Leicester City 23 17
MATCH FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
=>Jose Mourinho has never won against Aston Villa at Villa Park in the Barclays Premier League with Chelsea (W0 D3 L2).
=>Aston Villa and Newcastle United are the only two top-flight teams Jose Mourinho has failed to win an away league match against as Chelsea manager.
=>Branislav Ivanovic made his BPL debut against Aston Villa and has scored four goals in his last five starts against them in the competition.
Aston Villa have gone five hours and 42 minutes without a goal in the league at Villa Park.
Source: Premierleague.com
PROBABLE LINE-UP + Player Rating:
Guzan 6.72
Clark 7.00
Vlaar 6.82
Okore 7.01
Cissokho 6.82
Delph 6.88
Sánchez 6.79
Westwood 6.73
Hutton 7.08
Gil 6.72
Benteke 6.56
Chelsea:
Courtois 6.74
Azpilicueta 7.24
Terry 7.09
Zouma 6.46
Ivanovic 7.36
Matic 7.59
Ramires 6.57
Hazard 8.01
Oscar 7.49
Willian 7.01
Remy 6.50
© WhoScored.com
MISSING PLAYERS:
Libor Kozák. Out
Philippe Senderos. Out
Joe Cole. Doubtful
Filipe Luis. Out
Diego Costa. Out
John Obi Mikel. Doubtful
Cesc Fàbregas. Doubtful
PREDICTION:
OSSYsport predicts 0-3 in favour of Chelsea.
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