Chelsea-Aston Villa is a match valid for the fourth round of the FA Cup and is played Friday at 8:45 pm: lineups, predictions, TV and streaming.
Distant and even too far from the areas that count in the standings, Chelsea to try to win something this year must try to get to the bottom of the cups. In the League one, Pochettino’s team won the final by destroying Middlesbourgh in the semifinals. Now the London Blues want to try hard to take the fifth round of the Fa Cup against an Aston Villa, Emery’s side, that instead dreams of the big one.
Chelsea is doing well at the moment, it’s clear: it took the Argentine coach a while to find the right fit for his team but he seems to have succeeded: there are four wins in the last five outings for the Blues, who are also capable of winning important games in the league. There is confidence, in a nutshell, a confidence that can be seen on the pitch with performances very close to what is the standard that such a team can have, and that everyone expected.
Easy, at least on the surface. But we know that this is not the case for several reasons. The first, the most important one, is that Emery at Aston Vila is doing something magical. A really important season for the visiting troop, with a coach who then we know very well how he exalts himself in inside-out matches. The Spaniard from such matches always manages to pull something extra from both his men and himself. So for Chelsea the task is far from easy. However, we are convinced of one thing: nobody wants a replay – yes in case of a draw the match would be played again – so it will end within 90minutes. With one team definitely starting as the favorite.
The prediction
A match that won’t have a replay, with Chelsea looking good and sure to take a big win to get into the fifth round of the Fa Cup. Match with at least one goal per team and therefore also with at least three goals overall. But they will go ahead of the Blues, who being far in the league from the areas that count dream of being able to bring home some trophies.
The likely lineups for Chelsea-Aston Villa
CHELSEA (4-2-3-1): Petrovic; Disasi, Badiashile, Colwill, Chilwell; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Gallagher, Palmer; Broja.
ASTON VILLA (4-4-2): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Moreno; Bailey, Luiz, Kamara, McGinn; Watkins, Duran
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
