Aston Villa vs Chelsea

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek comes in instead, potentially on the right side with Mason Mount and Mateo Kovacic across the middle and Ben Chilwell on the left. It looks ...

[Kai Havertz](/en/teams/profile/kai-havertz) is the third player to be introduced, joining [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](/en/teams/profile/pierre-emerick-aubameyang) in attack. [Raheem Sterling](/en/teams/profile/raheem-sterling) was at right wing-back. [Reece James](/en/teams/profile/reece-james) confirmed to be out for around eight weeks with the knee injury he suffered in the midweek win at AC Milan in the Champions League.

A dire draw at Nottingham Forest on Monday night stretched their unbeaten run to four matches, but only two wins and seven goals in nine outings this term is a ...

Gerrard brings in Leon Bailey and Danny Ings up front. Today’s hosts have won only one of the last 10 league meetings against Chelsea, who draft in Marc Cucurella, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kai Havertz. A dire draw at Nottingham Forest on Monday night stretched their unbeaten run to four matches, but only two wins and seven goals in nine outings this term is a poor return for an expensively-assembled squad. The Blues remain unbeaten under their new manager and have won all of their last four matches across all competitions, conceding just once with AC Milan, Wolves and Crystal Palace all defeated. Nizaar Kinsella at Villa Park Follow Aston Villa vs Chelsea with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below, with expert analysis from Nizaar Kinsella at Villa Park!

Graham Potter aims to make it five wins in a row as Chelsea's head coach against an out of form Aston Villa.

Graham Potter is aiming to make it five wins in a row as Chelsea head coach, and six unbeaten since replacing Thomas Tuchel in September. Potter will have to rotate following the terrible injury setback to Reece James which has wider repercussions than just this weekend but does pose questions over who fills that spot with Cesar Azplicueta performing well against Wolves. The Blues are aiming to make it five wins in a row under Graham Potter since he took charge in September.

Graham Potter's men look to consolidate their position in the top-4 while Steven Gerrard fights to see another day as Aston Villa's manager.

Aston Villa travels away from home twice facing Fulham and Newcastle United on the 21st and 29th of October respectively. The club is fresh from the 2-0 bashing of AC Milan at the San Siro and would look to extend their run of form. A revamped Chelsea outfit travels away from home battling it out with Aston Villa as Graham Potter looks to extend Chelsea’s astounding run of form in all competitions.

Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park on Sunday as Graham Potter made it five wins on the trot in all competitions and remain unbeaten as Blues boss.

Losing to Man United was a blip but the Europa League schedule is asking a lot of the first-place Gunners. Manchester City’s Erling Haaland is on track to score 63 Premier League goals this season (the record in a 38-game campaign is 32) and he has 20 goals in 13 games in all competitions. Jesse Marsch told Arsenal to have the ball, mostly, and Leeds set up with a clear plan of what to do when it got it. At the other end Ederson has the most clean sheets (five) in the Premier League as Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji have both stepped in and looked very good in defense. Haaland had a couple of opportunities towards the end of the half but Liverpool were solid enough and looked a threat on the break. City are five games unbeaten against Liverpool and are unbeaten in their last 22 PL away matches and haven’t lost in the league in almost eight months. However, Firmino has scored eight goals in 12 games this season and has six goals in the PL. This was a crucial battle in the game and Van Dijk and Gomez won it for Liverpool. In the end one mistake from Cancelo cost them and a draw was a fair result, but City overcomplicated things in a big game and paid the price. Mohamed Salah: Played in a more central role and got the all-important goal. Kante has won the PL (twice), the Champions League and the World Cup (plus the FA Cup and Europa League) all in the last eight seasons of his brilliant career, but he is now 31 years old and will be out of contract in the summer. Mount is back to his best: Two goals and three assists in his last three games for Chelsea prove that Mount is getting back to his best and the English playmaker suits Potter’s style of play very well.