Aston Villa face a trip to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Villans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2002, with Chelsea running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Apr | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Dec | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 11 May | Chelsea | 1 - 3 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 09 Feb | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 01 Jan | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 27 Aug | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 20 May | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Blues, with 7 goals against.
In complete contrast to Chelsea, Aston Villa are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Villans have hit 5 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Chelsea sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 13 points from their 5 games. Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 7 points from their 6 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 16 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Villans are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Chelsea. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chelsea | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Aston Villa | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 10 away matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |