Aston Villa will face Chelsea on December 26, 2021, at 17:30 UTC at Villa Park stadium in Birmingham, England. The game is a Premier League encounter. Chelsea’s demanding schedule resumes with a Boxing Day match at Aston Villa, with the Blues now six points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City.
Meanwhile, Villa return to action in 10th place, having collected 12 points from six matches since Steven Gerrard’s arrival. After being compelled to play three games in less than a week due to chronic coronavirus difficulties, one can sympathise with Thomas Tuchel’s selection issues.
Nonetheless, the Blues have avoided defeat in recent games against Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Brentford, with two draws in the Premier League followed by a 2-0 victory in the EFL Cup quarter-finals. Tuchel is dissatisfied with his team’s recent performance, but a change in government coronavirus rules might result in more players returning this weekend.
The most significant benefit of the last two games has been consecutive clean sheets, with both shutouts coming after previously surrendering 11 times in six games.
Tuchel will be hoping for more goals from open play, although Chelsea suffered a 2-1 setback in this identical fixture last season as they clung to fourth place in the Premier League on the last day. Villa have had their own coronavirus outbreak, which Gerrard has described as still ongoing ahead of the visit of the European champions.
The cancellation of last weekend’s game against Burnley provided an opportunity for Villa’s first-team squad to recharge their batteries, but Gerrard would argue that some momentum may have been lost as a result of the forced hiatus. Villa’s 2-0 win over Norwich City was their fourth in six games under Gerrard, with their two losses coming at the hands of Manchester City and Liverpool.
Despite the fact that Villa have lost nine of their 17 matches this season, they are still within touching distance of the top eight, and Gerrard will believe that there is a window of opportunity to capitalise on other clubs’ instability.
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