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Chelsea face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 66 games played, Blues have recorded 15 wins, and Aston Villa have come away with 32 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2009, with Chelsea inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Villans 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: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Sep | Chelsea | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 4 conceded.
Chelsea's away form is equally impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Blues, and 1 goals against.
Aston Villa lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 13 points from their 7 games so far. Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 21 points from the 8 games played.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Chelsea are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Aston Villa. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Chelsea | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 12 outings ago. |