Football. ua announces match of the 30th round of the championship of England between Aston Villa and Chelsea.
In his first match after the resumption of the Premier League, Chelsea will play away against Aston Villa.
Aston Villa - Chelsea June 21, 18:30, Villa Park, Birmingham. Referee Meetings - Paul Tierney Setanta Sports Live.
Chelsea will try to strengthen its leadership in the fight for fourth place in the away match against Aston Villa.
At the moment, the “blue” take fourth place in the standings and have a chance to break away from Manchester United in fifth place by five points, while at the same time reducing the backlog from third Leicester to three points.
However, Frank Lampard's team should not wait for an easy walk in the game against the Villans. Villa is fighting for survival and has already managed to hold one match after the resumption of the championship, taking away points from the strong Sheffield United, albeit not without a scandalous referee’s decision.
Chelsea was in good shape before the break. Despite the devastating defeat from Bavaria in the Champions League, “pensioners” won two of the last three matches of the championship, defeating Tottenham and Everton, and also knocked out Liverpool from the FA Cup.
As part of the “blue” midfielder Ruben Loftus-Chik is ready to hold his first match of the season, who, due to a serious injury, has not played for the first team for more than a year. In addition, during the pause, Winger Christian Pulisik, midfielder N'Golo Kante and striker Tammy Abraham recovered. However, due to muscle injury, defender Fikayo Tomori, winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, who recovered from the injury until he scored a game condition, and midfielder Jorginho is serving a suspension, will not play against Aston Villa.
As part of Aston Villa, the midfielder Danny Drinkwater rented from Chelsea will not play, as well as injured Bjorn Engels, Wesley and Tom Heaton. Nevertheless, Frederick Gilbert returned to training, and John McGinn recovered from an ankle fracture and even played against Sheffield United.
Indicative compositions:.
Will not play: Tom Heaton, Bjorn Engels, Wesley, Danny Drinkwater - Fikayo Tomori, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Jorginho (suspension) Questionable: Frederick Gilbert -.
Interesting Facts:.
Aston Villa has lost nine of their last 10 Premier League matches against Chelsea, while gaining one home win in March 2014.;
Chelsea have won their last five matches against Aston Villa in the Premier League;
This will be the 50th meeting between the two clubs in the Premier League: 25 Chelsea wins, 12 draws, 12 Aston Villa wins;
Aston Villa scored only two points in 21 matches against the TOP 6 Premier League clubs since defeating Tottenham away in April 2015.;
Chelsea have not won any of the four away matches of the Premier League in 2020 (three draws, one defeat), having won seven of nine before;
The Blues have not won the Premier League outside London since they beat Watford on November 2;
As a soccer player, Frank Lampard has won only four of 16 visits to Villa Park in the Premier League. He scored doubles in his last match for the “blue” in this stadium, becoming the top scorer in Chelsea history;
Olivier Giroud scored eight goals in his last six games against Aston Villa.
prediction 1: 2.