Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Chelsea’s Premier League visit to Villa Park to take on Aston Villa this evening.
The Blues are in desperate need of three points as they bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League. Enzo Maresca made his and the squad’s ambitions perfectly clear during yesterday’s press conference, with Chelsea going into this weekend’s round of fixtures a point below Manchester City in fourth-place.
The west Londoners, who are without Noni Madueke after the winger picked up a hamstring injury in last week’s defeat at Brighton, have a decent record at Villa Park but it is always a really difficult game, especially since Unai Emery took over in the Midlands. Kick-off is scheduled for 5:30pm (GMT), with the official team news dropping around 75 minutes before (4:15pm).
You can follow live coverage from Villa Park with football.london‘s Chelsea correspondent Bobby Vincent at the ground to bring you updates and analysis from the Blues’ latest Premier League outing.
