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Aston Villa face a trip to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 64 games played, Villans have recorded 21 wins, and Chelsea have come away with 32 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2004, 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 | Sun 26 Dec | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 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 | LGEC |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. The Blues have scored 9 and conceded 0 during this period.
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 11 goals, 16 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 18 points from the 6 games played. Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 6 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
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 | Won 6 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Won their latest 8 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| Aston Villa | No sequences of note |