Chelsea vs Aston Villa Premier League LIVE Football Score 26 Dec 2021

Match Info

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MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Aston Villa can win back-to-back home league games against Chelsea for the first time in 17 years following their 2-1 triumph last season. However, that is Villa’s only victory in the past nine Premier League meetings.
• The Blues have won on five of their past seven league visits to Villa Park.
• Chelsea are unbeaten in all five league meetings on Boxing Day, most recently drawing 4-4 at Stamford Bridge in 2007.

Aston Villa

• Villa have amassed 12 points in six matches under head coach Steven Gerrard – two more than in their opening 11 league games under Dean Smith.
• They have won three successive Boxing Day fixtures, their longest run since five victories in a row between 1908 and 1913.
• Aston Villa have lost 20 Premier League fixtures in 2021. Only Newcastle United and Southampton, with 21 defeats each, have fared worse.
• They have lost all five games this season versus teams in the top five of the table.
• Ollie Watkins has scored three goals and assisted one in six Premier League appearances under Gerrard.

Chelsea

• Chelsea could go three league games without a win for the first time under head coach Thomas Tuchel.
• They have won just twice in six Premier League fixtures (D3, L1) and are six points behind leaders Manchester City.
• The Blues can lose three successive Boxing Day fixtures for the first time since 1914.
• They have not lost a Boxing Day league game outside of London since a 2-0 defeat at Notts County in 1991.
• Chelsea had dropped seven points from winning positions in their past eight Premier League games.
• Six of the 12 Premier League goals conceded by Chelsea this season have come via a set-piece.

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LAWRO’S PREDICTION

It is hard to make a prediction when you don’t know who is available for either team, but Chelsea should still be the stronger side.

Villa will give it a good go, just as they did when they played Manchester City at Villa Park a few weeks ago, but, like City did, Chelsea should still find a way to win.

It has not been a great few weeks for Thomas Tuchel’s side for various reasons – he clearly felt last week’s game with Wolves should have been postponed – but I wouldn’t be surprised if they put together a bit of a run now. Their game against Liverpool on 2 January is going to be very interesting.