The beleaguered Blues host Wolves knowing anything other than victory could see them slump to seventh in the Barclays Premier League by the end of the weekend. Chelsea then welcome Liverpool in the Carling Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday night before facing Newcastle in the Premier League on Saturday week.
Lastly, and arguably most crucially, comes their final Champions League Group E match against Valencia the following Tuesday, which they must win or draw 0-0 to avoid crashing out of the competition. Villas-Boas was unequivocal, however, saying: "I didn't come here to be failure. I came here to be a success."
Abramovich's patience would be tested to the limit if Villas-Boas oversaw two cup exits and more poor league results.
But the Portuguese was adamant that he had not been given a timeframe in which to stop the rot, saying: "The contract is a three-year contract."
However, the length of a manager's contract has never stopped Abramovich wielding the axe in the past and Villas-Boas accepted his job ultimately depended on turning around Chelsea's worst start to a season since the Russian bought the club.
"Results in football are the key to a manager's sustainability," he said. "I have no problem with it.
"It's a project of high expectations (in terms of results) and mine at the moment are negative. There is no running away from that.
"But that doesn't mean that the project won't continue or that we don't have the talent to turn things around.
"It is legitimate that people are not happy, from fans to the media. Nobody wants to change that more than us."
Source: PA
Source: PA