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Aston Villa face a trip to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 63 games played, Villans have recorded 21 wins, and Chelsea have come away with 31 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2003, the Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 12 Apr | Aston Villa | 3 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 17 Dec | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Chelsea | LC |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Sep | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 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 |
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 12 goals for the Blues, with 2 goals against.
In complete contrast to Chelsea, Aston Villa are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Villans have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 43 points from the 18 games played. Aston Villa's 25 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 13 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 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 22 home games. |
| Aston Villa | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |