Premier League: Aston Villa vs Chelsea preview

Premier League: Aston Villa vs Chelsea preview
Chelsea will be looking to consolidate their title bid when they face 11th placed Aston Villa on Saturday at Villa Park. There have been some high-scoring matches between these two sides of late, there have been 30 goals between them in their last 6 encounters, most notably a 8-0 win for Chelsea. Scoring against Chelsea this season is not easy though, Mourinho's men have only conceded 4 goals in their last 13 league games. Chelsea have won their last 4 matches against Aston Villa in all competitions and the Blues have kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 7 matches in the Premier League. The last meeting was in August when Chelsea won 2-1. Aston Villa have won their latest Premier League match in style, a 4-1 success over Norwich, with Christian Benteke bagging a brace. Chelsea were even more impressive last time out, they smashed Tottenham 4-0 with two goals from Demba Ba. Chris Herd will be unavailable due to personal reasons while N'Zogbia, Kozak and Okore remain long term absentees for Aston Villa. Ryan Bertrand will not feature at left-back as he is ineligible to face his parent club. For Chelsea Ashley Cole, David Luiz and Fernando Torres are all doubts. There is also competition for the striker spot between Samuel Eto'o and Demba Ba, both scored last time out. My prediction is that Chelsea will win 2-1. Here are the odds at Bet365 for the match at Villa Park: Aston Villa win - 6/1 Draw - 3/1 Chelsea win - 1/2
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