Chelsea – Aston Villa, Prediction – Premier League

⚽ Chelsea is not so stable in defense lately

It is very important for Lampard to rotate his players well and use them in the most efficient way. With some of them, this happens, for example, Giroud. The Frenchman will not play in every match, but against specific opponents he is suitable. This is not the case with Havertz, however, and he is Chelsea’s most promising player. Lampard have to figure it out how to use him better. If Chelsea want to fight for the title, they can very rarely afford to make mistakes at Stamford Bridge, especially against teams like Villa.

✳️ Villa maintains a great level this season

Villa is in shape again. Although not in the top 4, the team is very close to the UCL zone, but currently the difference between all teams is very small. In his previous 3 games, however, Aston Villa did not concede a goal. We do not include the match with Crystal Palace here, because the analysis is written before the weekend matches. Even without this match, it is easy to see how strongly Villa plays as a guest during the season – 5 wins from 6 matches.

We expect Villa to create problems for Chelsea

 Expert view: 5 wins from 6 away games and without missing to score a goal in the visit is definitely news that does not bode well for Chelsea. We certainly think that Chelsea will have almost no matches in which they will not score at least a goal at Stamford Bridge until the end of the season and the one with Villa is not one of them, so in our BTTS prediction at 1.61 the hopes are rather that Villa will also score at least once. Given the effectiveness of the villas in front positions and the fact that the Blues have recently started to make more mistakes in defense, however, we believe that this is a much more likely scenario.