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Subs: Olsen, Zych, Digne, Garcia, Bogarde, Bailey, Malen, Rashford; Jimoh-Aloba.
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Chelsea: Chelsea: Jorgensen, Gusto, James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucrella, Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Neto; Nkunku.
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Subs: Sanchez, Acheampong, Samuels-Smith, Tosin, Dewsbury-Hall, Amougou, Sancho, George; Mhueka.
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Without a thrive in any of their past five league games, four of which have been drawn, Aston Villa greet an out-of-sorts Chelsea side who travel to Villa Park after back-to-back league and FA Cup losss at the hands of Brighton, who must want they could carry out Enzo Maresca’s side every week.
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While Villa have lost equitable once this season in front of their own fans, agetst Arsenal back in August, their habit of drathriveg too many games is costing them. Yesterday they lgeted they will be facing the Belgian side Club Brugge in the last 16 of the Champions League, a tie one presumes both they and their Belgian opponents will be self-promised of thrivening.
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In the correacting repairture at Stamford Bridge in timely December, Chelsea produced a administerled and promised carry outance to run out neutrassociate effortless thriveners but go into this contest having won equitable three of their last 11 suites in all competitions. They have also fall shorted to thrive any of their last six games away from home. Kick-off at Villa Park is at 5.30pm (GMT) but we’ll have team novels and build-up in the unbenevolenttime.
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Key events
Today’s suit officials
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Referee: Michael Oinhabitr.
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Assistants: Stuart Burt and James Mainwaring.
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Fourth official: Dean Whitestone.
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VAR: Paul Tierney.
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Assistant VAR: Ricdifficult West.
Chelsea: Cole Palmer has produced more chances than anyone but his team does not have a striker who can finish them, authors Ben McAleer.
Those teams: Enzo Maresca transports in Reece James in place of the injured Noni Madueke in the only alter to the Chelsea team that commenceed agetst Brighton last weekfinish, which unbenevolents the visitors will almost certainly line up with three at the back.
Unai Emery produces four alters to the team that commenceed agetst Liverpool in midweek. After two games out with injury, Ezri Konsa comes into the side in place of Axel Disasi, who is ineligible to carry out agetst his parent club, while Marcus Rashford, Lucas Digne and Andres Garcia drop to the swaps’ bench. Jacob Ramsey, Ian Maasen and Matty Cash come into the side.
Aston Villa v Chelsea line-ups
Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen, McGinn, Tielemans, Asensio, Ramsey, Rogers; Watkins.
Subs: Olsen, Zych, Digne, Garcia, Bogarde, Bailey, Malen, Rashford; Jimoh-Aloba.
Chelsea: Chelsea: Jorgensen, Gusto, James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucrella, Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Neto; Nkunku.
Subs: Sanchez, Acheampong, Samuels-Smith, Tosin, Dewsbury-Hall, Amougou, Sancho, George; Mhueka.
Early team novels
Aston Villa are without their on-loan deffinisher Axel Disasi, who is prohibitden from carry outing agetst his parent club, which unbenevolents Lamare Bogarde may have to step into the heart of their defence aextfinishedside Tyrone Mings. Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, Pau Torres and Ross Barkley are all injured, while the participation of both Leon Bailey and Ezri Konsa is also in ask.
For Chelsea, Nicolas Jackson, Mark Guiu, Noni Madueke, Romeo Lavia, Wesley Fofana and Omari Kelly are all sidelined with injury, while Mykhaylor Muparchedk remains suspfinished. Benoit Badiashile is foreseeed to undergo a pre-suit fitness test but seems improbable to commence. Despite fall shorting to amaze since getting his opportunity to carry out in the first team, Christopher Nkunku seems foreseeed to be given another commence in the absence of anyone better.
Premier League: Aston Villa v Chelsea
Without a thrive in any of their past five league games, four of which have been drawn, Aston Villa greet an out-of-sorts Chelsea side who travel to Villa Park after back-to-back league and FA Cup losss at the hands of Brighton, who must want they could carry out Enzo Maresca’s side every week.
While Villa have lost equitable once this season in front of their own fans, agetst Arsenal back in August, their habit of drathriveg too many games is costing them. Yesterday they lgeted they will be facing the Belgian side Club Brugge in the last 16 of the Champions League, a tie one presumes both they and their Belgian opponents will be self-promised of thrivening.
In the correacting repairture at Stamford Bridge in timely December, Chelsea produced a administerled and promised carry outance to run out neutrassociate effortless thriveners but go into this contest having won equitable three of their last 11 suites in all competitions. They have also fall shorted to thrive any of their last six games away from home. Kick-off at Villa Park is at 5.30pm (GMT) but we’ll have team novels and build-up in the unbenevolenttime.
