I believe Chelsea will win this match because : 1) So far, Aston Villa has more home loss than away loss : 8 home loss but only 5 away loss. This season, they had lost to 8 out of the 9 teams in the top half of the table! So, don’t expect the top team in the table to lose. 2) Chelsea is well rested with no mid-week games this week. When Chelsea has one week break, we beat the next team e.g. Man U, Everton, Stoke and Spurs. 3) Chelsea tight defense has let in the least number of goals thus far in the table. 4) If we want to win the league and put pressure on City, we must beat Villa! City played just before us. If they win, we must win to keep up. If City lose, it will be a great opportunity for us to be in the driving seat. Arsenal and Man City are likely to be tired after the CL games this week and we should take advantage in case of any slips up by them. Jose knows we have a better chance to win the EPL because Man City has 3 more games sandwich in-between. The CL has Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona. 5) Aston Villa’s players know they are not going to be relegated because there will be at least 6 other teams who have less points than them even if they lose this match to Chelsea, so they are not under tremendous pressure. Yes, they beat Norwich in their last game but Norwich has the second worst away goals conceded. (32 goals against Chelsea 13 goals for away games)
Hopefully after a good 1 week rest, everyone will be ready to go! We cannot too many points if we want to win the title. It won't be easy, but I think there aren't any easy games in the EPL.
