Closed Chelsea v Aston Villa

[tmessy 139]

Cole-Ivan-Cahill- azpi

----rami---ess----(or MvG)

Hazard--mata--KdB

--------Torres--------

Lights out.

[sodasys 40]

Lamps must start any match against Aston villa as he has a great scoring history vs them in addition to that this type of matches fits Lamps situation now (teams of the lower part of the table in SB) like Hull City, Aston Villa, Crystal Palce and so on...

Wanna see Azpi, MVG, Schurrle and Lukaku from the start in this kind of matches as most as possible

-----------------Cech--------------------

Azpi-------Cahill-------Terry-------Cole

------------Lamps---MVG------------

Schurrle-----------Mata-------------Hazard

-----------------Lukaku------------------

[Pacquiao 1,834]

I hope the Chelsea team aren't underestimating Villa like fans are on here. Very very dangerous team. Would love to see Van Ginkle start though, think Villa are the sort of team where he could dominate the midfield.

If Villa never beat Arsenal i bet people would not be overrating them the way they are! Playing Villa at Stamford Bridge is no where near as dangerous as some are making it out to be! It could be a tricky game but as long as we score first we should win comfortably.

[zyzz 711]

This one won't be easy. Hope Mata and Lukaku will start. Also the first real test for our defense

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

If Villa never beat Arsenal i bet people would not be overrating them the way they are! Playing Villa at Stamford Bridge is no where near as dangerous as some are making it out to be! It could be a tricky game but as long as we score first we should win comfortably.

Think they would to be fair. Villa are our bogey team.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Opposition Views 1 & 2

[Jose M 140]

Iv heard Mou say in the past he would like to play Mata as a inside forward coming from the right. I see alot of people thinking Mata will start in the hole today, but I think Oscar will play alot of minutes this season as our designated No 10. Im almost certain lampard and Ramires will start, Lampard has a great goal ratio Vs Villa and we will need Ramires to track back and run down any counters. Would love to see Moses off the bench for Hazard, MVG off for Lampard and Mata off for KDB.

My team to play Villa:

Ivanovic-Cahill-Terry-Cole

Lampard-Ramires

Mata-Oscar-Harzard

Lukaku

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Think they would to be fair. Villa are our bogey team.

If you believe in that bogey team crap maybe, but i prefer to look at their current team, and there current side is not the same side that has given us problems at stamford bridge in the past, when you look at the Villa team compared to the Chelsea team its clear that Chelsea should win comfortably, if Arsenal had beat Villa 3-1 last weekend, i don't think many people would be calling Villa a dangerous team! Arsenal were poor and we wont be a bad as them! i expect a nice 3-0 win

[nachikethas 1,149]

If Villa never beat Arsenal i bet people would not be overrating them the way they are! Playing Villa at Stamford Bridge is no where near as dangerous as some are making it out to be! It could be a tricky game but as long as we score first we should win comfortably.

this!

[bushman 2,043]

Sometimes, I wonder why folks in here attribute Villa as someone that could beat Chelsea at home.

If I remember correctly, Chelsea whipped them badly last season. Just because Villa had beaten Arsenal, it means zilch to me.

Relentless attack by Chelsea will be seen in the first 40 minutes tonight. No team can withstand that kind of pressure & Jose knows it. Therefore, I predict Chelsea will lead 2 zip by half time.

[borriske 330]

All these different lineups... :confused:

Compare this to last season!

[Special Juan 27,424]

Let's face it, it was only Arsenal.

[bushman 2,043]

Let's face it, it was only Arsenal.

In Juan we trust.

[Otsa 3]

Mourinho doesn't lose at home, Chelsea's been unbeaten in 61 games under him in home games. (47 wins,14 draws) We are not Arsenal, Chelsea wins this one 3-0.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Mata

[bushman 2,043]

Well, hopefully Mata gets some minutes on the pitch to tune up for manures.

[Stats 7,053]

http://www.chelseafc.com/matchday-live/match/69491#matchPreview

[Rmpr 8,977]

I really hope Jose does something like this:

Cech

Azi-Iva-Terry-Bertrand

Essien-MVG

KDB-Oscar-Hazard

Lukaku