Aston Villa hosts Chelsea in the Premier League hoping to pile more misery on the Blues and aid its chances of a top-four finish
Saturday’s late Premier League kick-off pits a reformed Aston Villa side against a Chelsea team reeling off the back of a 5-0 humbling against title-challenging Arsenal last time out. The Blues were battered at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday after falling victim to Mikel Arteta’s men and are at risk of recording three straight losses for the first time in almost exactly one year. Meanwhile, Unai Emery’s unlikely upstarts are unbeaten in five at Villa Park and currently sit six points clear of Tottenham Hotspur in fourth place, albeit having played two games more than the north Londoners at present.
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Game Date: April 27, 2024
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This season has been a revelation for Villa and Emery alike regardless of how the next month pans out, with the Birmingham club already surpassing all expectations to challenge for the top four.
Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino, on the other hand, have struggled to meet their quota and are still languishing in ninth after losing their London derby visit to Arsenal in excruciating fashion.
Former Stamford Bridge misfit Kai Havertz and Ben White each scored a brace apiece in Tuesday’s second half at the Emirates to put Chelsea to the sword in a rather one-sided affair:
That also marked a fifth straight away game without a win for Chelsea, although one of those road fixtures was on neutral turf against Manchester City in the FA Cup, while three ended in draws.
Aston Villa, meanwhile, appears to have rediscovered its relentless self at home and is once again looking like the imperious host it did earlier in the campaign.
Back-to-back home victories over Bournemouth and Lille have afforded some cause for comfort in fourth, though Spurs are far from out of sight in what now looks a straight head-to-head for fourth place.
Emery’s men already bested Chelsea once this season when the sides met at Stamford Bridge in September, though Chelsea returned the favor by knocking Villa out of the FA Cup five months later.
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