ASTON VILLA v CHELSEA
Saturday 2nd April 2016 – Kickoff: 1245hrs
Football – England – Premier League Betting Tips
Premier League basement dwellers Aston Villa need to find a way to start winning and fast if they’re to stand any chance of avoiding the evermore reality of relegation starting today against Chelsea.
Villa are now 12 points adrift of Norwich City and the safety position of 17th place as they prepare for the visit of a rejuvenated Chelsea outfit at Villa Park in Saturday’s early kick-off, but the signs are not good for the west midlands club who have lost their last six matches on the trot, conceding a total of 18 goals during this poor sequence of results.
Aston Villa’s home record stands at a poor 2-4-9 11/25 and they’ve lost their last three matches on the trot with defeats to Liverpool, Everton and Tottenham and manager Remi Garde must be on borrowed time in the Villa hot-seat as another defeat this afternoon could be the end of his tenure.
Visitors Chelsea may not be completely back to their best but a 14-match unbeaten run heading into today’s trip to Aston Villa shows they are on their way back under the guidance of caretaker manager Guus Hiddinck.
The defending Premier League title holders now sit in 10th place and only three points behind under-performing Liverpool, so if Chelsea have had a disastrous season, what has Liverpool’s season been?
Anyway, Chelsea’s away record stands at 5-4-5 16/17 which is admittedly poor by their standards, but they’ve shown signs of their former selves as they’ve won four of their last five on the road with wins at Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Southampton and Norwich City, and they will sense the pressure on Villa today no doubt.
Pick: Chelsea to win @ 1.62 Ladbrokes
