Chelsea vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League latest score and confirmed lineups | Football
Chelsea welcome Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge this evening in a match that could prove pivotal to the Premier League title race.
Enzo Maresca’s side positioned themselves as title contenders following their 1-1 draw with Arsenal a month ago, but they’ve won just one of their four games since and begin the day 10 points behind the league leaders.
Thankfully for the Blues, Liam Delap and Estevao should be back in the squad after recovering from injury, while Cole Palmer is said to be fit enough to play the full 90 minutes.
And he most likely will be required to do that, as Villa have won 16 of their last 18 games across all competitions and sit third in the table, just three points off the Gunners.
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Enzo Maresca makes two changes from the Chelsea team that drew 2-2 with Newcastle last time out, as Wesley Fofana and Malo Gusto drop out.
Enzo Fernandez returns, while Benoit Badiashile – somewhat surprisingly – comes into the defence.
Two changes for Aston Villa as well: Donyell Malen and Emi Buendia replace Ollie Watkins and Amadou Onana.
Confirmed Aston Villa starting XI
Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Lindelof, Maatsen, Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn, Buendia, Rogers, Malen
Subs: Bizot, Digne, Garcia, Bogarde, Hemmings, Onana, Sancho, Watkins, Jimoh-Aloba
Confirmed Chelsea starting XI
Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Badiashile, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Neto, Palmer, Garnacho, Pedro
Subs: Jorgensen, Gusto, Acheampong, Tosin, Fofana, Santos, Estevao, Gittens, Delap
Chelsea vs Aston Villa TV channel
You can watch Chelsea vs Aston Villa live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event with streaming also available through the Sky Go app and NOW TV for subscribers.
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Chelsea vs Aston Villa kick-off time
Today’s match at Stamford Bridge will kick-off at 5.30pm UK time.
It is the final of seven Premier League games on Saturday, with Manchester City beating Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the early kick-off.
The five 3pm games are at half-time, with league leaders Arsenal currently leading Brighton 1-0.
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