Chelsea vs Aston Villa prediction and betting tips on December 1, 2024
Game Prediction
A match between Chelsea and Aston Villa will be held in the 13th round of the English Premier League on December 1, 2024. Emery will try to beat Maresca and his in-form players with his experience.
Our prediction for the match Chelsea vs Aston Villa
“The Aristocrats” improved their performance last season – that was expected after the terrible 2022/2023 draw. Still, climbing to 6th place was not enough to continue working with Pochettino. Birmingham had every reason to be happy with Unai Emery. The mentor won the dispute with Tottenham for the 4th position in the Premier League, while simultaneously performing quite successfully in the Conference League.
Now “the Villans” debut in the Champions League. They started with 3 victories, including the game against Bayern, but then lost to Brugge. That 0-1 score happened during a decline that included a 1-4 League Cup failure in the struggle with Tottenham and 1 point in 3 Premier League rounds at the inner arena. Still, even after the break, there was only a draw with Crystal Palace, and then a 0-0 in the confrontation with Juventus. “The Blues”, being under the leadership of their current coach, Maresca, are focused on the Premier League. The club has already been relegated from the League Cup, and the reserves are making up the slack in the Conference League. The main team has gradually consolidated itself among the championship leaders – it has lost only to Manchester City and Liverpool.
Palmer and the company are doing well in attack – 1.91 goals scored on average. Still, they concede a lot, almost 1.2 goals per match. The guests both score and concede a little more than one and a half goals per round.
Chelsea vs Aston Villa: key statistics and trends
- * Chelsea has been unbeaten in 6 games.
- * Aston Villa is unbeaten in 8 matches.
- * The most common score between the clubs is a 1-1 draw (8 times).
- * Chelsea has scored 26% of goals between the 46th and the 60th minutes of confrontations.
- * Aston Villa has scored 32% of goals between the 76th and the 90th minutes of meetings.
* Aston Villa has conceded in each of its 6 previous struggles. - * Chelsea wins the first half in 41% of matches, Aston Villa – in 29% of games.
Chelsea vs Aston Villa: possible starting line-ups
Chelsea (possible line-up): Sanchez – Cucurella, Badiashile, Colwell, Fofana – Fernandes, Caicedo, Joao Felix, Palmer, Madueke – Jackson.
Aston Villa (possible line-up): Martinez – Maatsen, Pau Torres, Diego Carlos, Bogarde – Tielemans, Barkley, McGinn, Bailey, Rogers – Watkins.
Previous head-to-head matches: Chelsea vs Aston Villa
Taking into account 5 previous head-to-head encounters, “the Blues” have won twice and lost only once.
Free prediction for the match Chelsea vs Aston Villa
It goes without saying that Maresca is not a match for Emery in terms of experience. Still, the Spanish mentor’s wards are not in shape, and the hosts, on the contrary, are at their peak – as a result, they should win the following battle (odd: 1.7).