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Chelsea face a trip to Aston Villa at Villa Park at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 67 games played, Blues have recorded 15 wins, and Aston Villa have come away with 33 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in October 2009, the Villans carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 10 Apr | Aston Villa | 0 - 3 | Chelsea | FAC |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 27 Mar | Chelsea | 7 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Oct | Aston Villa | 2 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 21 Feb | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 05 Oct | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | Chelsea | 4 - 4 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 02 Sep | Aston Villa | 2 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, picking up four victories from the last six. These six games have produced a glut of goals, with the Blues scoring 16 and conceding 5.
Aston Villa lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 10 points from their 7 games so far. Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 18 points from the 7 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Blues's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Aston Villa, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Chelsea | 10 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 22 outings ago. |