Aston Villa and Chelsea will face on Sunday the 26th of December at 5:30 pm in the 19th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Birmingham at the Villa Park. The encounter will be officiated by Martin Atkinson.
Aston Villa sits in the 10th place in the standings with 22 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 6 times, drawn once, and lost 9 times.
Chelsea sits in the 3rd position in the standings with 38 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 11 times, draw 5 times, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 43.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Steven Gerrard is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: D. Martínez, M. Targett, T. Mings, E. Konsa Ngoyo, M. Cash, J. McGinn, J. Ramsey, D. Soares de Paulo, O. Watkins and D. Ings.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Aston Villa would be 25.50.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Young.
Steven Gerrard will probably not be able to employ A. El Ghazi, M. Sanson, B. Traoré and E. Buendía because of injury.
M. Nakamba, L. Bailey Butler and K. Davis will definitely miss the match.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 77.78%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (14 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: E. Mendy, A. Rüdiger, T. da Silva, C. Azpilicueta Tanco, M. Alonso Mendoza, N. Kanté, R. James and M. Mount.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Chelsea would be 28.88.
There are doubts about the presence of J. Frello Filho, C. Hudson-Odoi and R. Lukaku Menama.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ A. Christensen, T. Chalobah, R. Loftus-Cheek, T. Werner and H. Ziyech because of injury.
B. Chilwell and K. Havertz will definitely miss the match.