Chelsea vs Aston Villa Tactical Preview: Team news, key players and streaming

Chelsea host Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League this weekend. Given the qualities of both teams, it will be a good game for the fans. While the Blues would love to win to retain their position in the top four, the Villans have more reasons to somehow get all three points.

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Enzo Maresca should set up a 4-2-3-1 formation to take advantage of the fast wingers. In particular, they will certainly like to overload the midfield to control the tempo of the game, but that will certainly not be an easy task.

Unai Emery is also expected to name a 4-2-3-1 formation to face the Blues. He could ask his men to maintain their structure while Chelsea attack outnumbered. However, they will be looking for opportunities to grab the ball and start their transition game.

Team news

Chelsea

Reece James and Pedro Neto are not available for this duel.

Chelsea predicted XI

Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson

Aston Villa

There aren’t many injuries in the Villa camp with Jacob Ramsey the only one missing as he recovers from a hamstring injury.

Aston Villa predicted XI

Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Bailey, McGinn, Rogers; Watkins

Key men

Chelsea

Marc Cucurella will be extremely useful in both aspects of the game, while Cole Palmer’s dependency cannot be easily ignored.