Aston Villa vs Chelsea prediction 22.02.2025 | Premier League
Aston Villa
Kick off:
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Chelsea
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2.69
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3.77
2
2.57
Contents
- Competition: Premier League
- Date: 22nd February 2025
- Kick-off: 17:30 UK / 18:30 CET
- Venue: Villa Park
Aston Villa will be looking to keep alive their hopes of European football qualification on Saturday when they welcome struggling Chelsea to Villa Park.
Wins have been hard to come by for Villa in recent weeks. The Villans go into Saturday's game on a run of five consecutive Premier League games without a win (one defeat & four draws). Unai Emery's side did manage a couple of victories during that spell, beating Celtic 4-2 in the Champions League and Tottenham in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Villa fans will also be pleased that their side avoided defeat against Arsenal and Liverpool in that spell.
Chelsea looked like title contenders in December when they were on an eighth game winning streak and unbeaten in 12. That form quickly disappeared as defeats to Fulham and Ipswich Town were followed by successive draws and the Blues have lost three of their last four games.
Aston Villa vs Chelsea Betting Tips: Over 2.5 goals
Villa have changed their centre-back pairing in each of their last three games and it doesn't seem to be working. Indeed, the Lions kept just one clean sheet in their last 15 games in all competitions and shipped eight goals in the last five. All but one of their nine home games in that period have produced over 2.5 goals.
Chelsea are also struggling defensively at the moment with Enzo Maresca's side failing to keep a clean sheet in their last six games. All six of those games produced three or more goals and I fancy a similar result on Saturday.
- Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals
- Aston Villa vs Chelsea prediction: 2-2
Aston Villa vs Chelsea Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Chelsea
3 : 0
Aston Villa
Premier League
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Aston Villa
2 : 2
Chelsea
Premier League
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Aston Villa
1 : 3
Chelsea
FA Cup
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Chelsea
0 : 0
Aston Villa
FA Cup
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Chelsea
0 : 1
Aston Villa
Premier League
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Chelsea
0 : 2
Aston Villa
Premier League
Aston Villa team news
Unai Emery and Aston Villa have had plenty of injury problems in recent weeks and they will be without at least five players this weekend.
Pau Torres, Ross Barkley, Amadou Onana, Boubacar Kamara and Kortney Hause are out for this game, while Leon Bailey, Ezri Konsa and Kamara could recover in time to face Chelsea.
Last matches of Aston Villa
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Aston Villa
2 : 2
Liverpool
Premier League
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Aston Villa
1 : 1
Ipswich Town
Premier League
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Aston Villa
2 : 1
Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
2 : 0
Aston Villa
Premier League
-
Aston Villa
4 : 2
Celtic
Champions League
Aston Villa lineup
Goalkeeper
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23
Emiliano Martínez
Defenders
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16
Andrés García
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3
Axel Disasi
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5
Tyrone Mings
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12
Lucas Digne
Midfielders
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7
John McGinn
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21
Marco Asensio
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8
Youri Tielemans
Forwards
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27
Morgan Rogers
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11
Ollie Watkins
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9
Marcus Rashford
Chelsea team news
Nicolas Jackson has been dealing with a hamstring problem lately and the Senegalese will miss the visit to Villa Park this weekend.
The Blues will also be without David Fofana, Omari Kellyman, Wesley Fofana, Benoît Badiashile, Roméo Lavia, Marc Guiu and Noni Madueke this weekend due to injuries.
Last matches of Chelsea
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Brighton & Hove Albion
3 : 0
Chelsea
Premier League
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Brighton & Hove Albion
2 : 1
Chelsea
FA Cup
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Chelsea
2 : 1
West Ham United
Premier League
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Manchester City
3 : 1
Chelsea
Premier League
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Chelsea
3 : 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Premier League
Chelsea lineup
Goalkeeper
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12
Filip Jörgensen
Defenders
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3
Marc Cucurella
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6
Levi Colwill
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23
Trevoh Chalobah
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27
Malo Gusto
Midfielders
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8
Enzo Fernández
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20
Cole Palmer
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25
Moisés Caicedo
Forwards
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19
Jadon Sancho
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18
Christopher Nkunku
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7
Pedro Neto
Three reasons we expect at least three goals in this game
- All the last seven games of Chelsea ended with over 2.5 goals.
- Three of the last five games of Aston Villa produced over 2.5 goals.
- Each of the last three meetings between Villa and Chelsea ended with over 2.5 goals.
Main prediction Aston Villa - Chelsea
Over 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
bet365
1.57
Additional predictions
Aston Villa & Chelsea current standing in Premier League
| Regular Season | P | W | D | L |
G - A
|
GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 62 - 26 | +36 | 61 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 51 - 22 | +29 | 53 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 41 - 29 | +12 | 47 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 52 - 35 | +17 | 44 |
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 44 - 29 | +15 | 43 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 47 - 34 | +13 | 43 |
| 7 | Newcastle United | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 42 - 33 | +9 | 41 |
| 8 | Fulham | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 38 - 33 | +5 | 39 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 37 - 40 | -3 | 39 |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 38 - 38 | 0 | 37 |
| 11 | Brentford | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 43 - 42 | +1 | 34 |
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 49 - 37 | +12 | 30 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 29 - 32 | -3 | 30 |
| 14 | Everton | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 27 - 31 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Manchester United | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 28 - 35 | -7 | 29 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 29 - 47 | -18 | 27 |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 35 - 54 | -19 | 19 |
| 18 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 - 50 | -27 | 17 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 - 55 | -30 | 17 |
| 20 | Southampton | 25 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 - 57 | -38 | 9 |