Chelsea Vs Aston Villa

ShoulderChip · 05-10-2008 12:33am #1

Time: 3pm Sunday
Odds: Chelsea 4/9, Draw 3/1, Aston Villa 7/1

Chelsea injury status;
injury list; Drogba (knee), Deco (thigh), Ricardo Carvalho (knee) and Michael Essien (knee) will not feature.
Ashley Cole (back), Joe Cole (hip), Alex (buttock) and John Terry (back) all are hopeful of being fit but may require late checks.

Chelsea (from): Cech, Ivanovic, A Cole, Lampard, Di Santo, J Cole, Mikel, Ballack, Malouda, Sinclair, Bosingwa, Bridge, Ferreira, Kalou, Cudicini, Terry, Alex, Belletti, Anelka, Hilario, Stoch, Mancienne.

Aston Villa (from): Friedel, Luke Young, Laursen, Davies, Shorey, Reo-Coker, Barry, Petrov, Ashley Young, Carew, Agbonlahor, Guzan, Milner, Cuellar, Gardner, Osbourne, Knight, Harewood, Salifou, Routledge.

Scolari's word: “If they believe we will be weak because we have players out then they are wrong. We still have the players who can win the game.”

mike65 · 05-10-2008 12:46am

Villa will not get a better chance to do Liverpool a favour this season. Go for it lads.

Mike

OPENROAD · 05-10-2008 12:48am

Can see Chelsea winning this one easily despite injuries.

estebancambias · 05-10-2008 12:50am

yeah 4-0 chelsea me thinks.

Helix · 05-10-2008 1:02am

lol

are yis for real lads?

im not saying we'll get anything, but it wont be easy for chelsea

we've as good, if not better, of a chance of doing them tomorrow than most teams have had for the last 5 years (apart from us last year, we really shouldve gotten 3 points)

PHB · 05-10-2008 1:07am

I'd say Chelsea would eagerly take a 1-0 right now. I think Chelsea's team is currently not quite as strong as people think.

Helix · 05-10-2008 1:10am

oung v bosingwa is the main one here, and there can be no doubt at all that young wins that hands down

my only concern is that bosingwa v shorey will be our undoing

Dave! · 05-10-2008 1:11am

Very good opportunity for Villa here. I'll probably back them for the win tbh, even though my jinx will inevitably pass on to them during the match.

Dont be at yourself · 05-10-2008 1:11am

I think Villa have a real chance. Chelsea have been on stuttering form, their injuries are mounting, they're after a grueling mid-week game and Villa are always a handful. Will Chelsea have it in them to withstand a pacey Villa attack for 90 minutes?

Mr Alan · 05-10-2008 1:14am

Helix wrote: »

young v bosingwa is the main one here, and there can be no doubt at all that young wins that hands down

wat are you talking about? how can you possibly say that, the game hasnt happened yet.Young is in fine form, no doubt, but so is Bosingwa, i think it'll be a good match up and could go either way tomorrow out of the left.

Dave! · 05-10-2008 1:17am

Wow, Villa have a pretty good record against Chelsea:

Chelsea 4 4 Aston Villa 26/12/2007
Aston Villa 2 0 Chelsea 02/09/2007
Aston Villa 0 0 Chelsea 02/01/2007
Chelsea 1 1 Aston Villa 30/09/2006
Aston Villa 1 1 Chelsea 01/02/2006
Chelsea 2 1 Aston Villa 24/09/2005

Paddy Power only giving 6/1 for Villa, who's giving 7/1?

Helix · 05-10-2008 7:11am

Mr Alan wrote: »

wat are you talking about? how can you possibly say that, the game hasnt happened yet.Young is in fine form, no doubt, but so is Bosingwa, i think it'll be a good match up and could go either way tomorrow out of the left.

i can say it because young attacking > bowingwa defending

if youve seen either player for more than brief highlights that much is clear

Savman · 05-10-2008 9:03am

IMHO both managers would take a draw so, er, don't be too surprised if it's a respectable 0-0 or 1-1.

Savman · 05-10-2008 9:05am

btw Villa will not fear Chelsea, having beaten them at VP last season and scoring 4 at the Bridge. A Chelsea win wouldn't be a total shock but neither would a Villa 1-0. Tough one to call.

weemcd · 05-10-2008 10:53am

COME ON THE VILLA.

stuck a fiver on them

Dave! · 05-10-2008 11:13am

ffs, odds are dropping, knew I shoulda put that on last night

PP giving 11/2 for Villa
Laddies giving 5/1

F*ckers! I'm not registering on any other sites :mad: Any bricks and mortar bookies giving 7/1?

Anam · 05-10-2008 11:31am

I wouldn't read too much into the 4-4 result, Chelsea had 2 men sent off that day.

Chelsea will win today, by two goals at least I'd say.Ballack really needs to up his game though,he was rubbish in the last game, he doesnt have the understanding with Lampard that Deco does.

I'd like to see Di Santo get a run out today, I think he'll be an important player next year.

JPA · 05-10-2008 12:30pm

Anam wrote: »

I wouldn't read too much into the 4-4 result, Chelsea had 2 men sent off that day.

Chelsea will win today, by two goals at least I'd say.Ballack really needs to up his game though,he was rubbish in the last game, he doesnt have the understanding with Lampard that Deco does.

I'd like to see Di Santo get a run out today, I think he'll be an important player next year.

Villa had a Knight sent off on 45 minutes and Chelsea had a sending off on 80 and 90 minutes.

Smegball · 05-10-2008 12:32pm

Chelsea to win 2-0 I'd say.

machiavellianme · 05-10-2008 12:33pm

JPA wrote: »

Villa had a Knight sent off on 45 minutes and Chelsea had a sending off on 80 and 90 minutes.

Yeah but having Knight sent off is a bonus for Villa. Its Titus Bramble syndrome. They'd perform better without him.

shoutman · 05-10-2008 12:44pm

I think Chelski will scrape a victory, (unfortunately), Villa far too often have a thing about slipping up once they have a few good results behind them.
Thats what the pessimist in me is saying,

optomist is saying Villa to win 2-1, Carew and Gaby to score either side of the half.

Anam · 05-10-2008 1:30pm

JPA wrote: »

Villa had a Knight sent off on 45 minutes and Chelsea had a sending off on 80 and 90 minutes.

Apologies, did not know that.I had read an article the other day mentioning Chelsea two sendings off but nothing about a villa sending off.

I am still confident of a Chelsea victory by two or more goals tho.

It will be interesting to see how Bosingwa gets on,he's yet to be tested against someone like Young, bar some brief moments with Ronaldo.

Villain · 05-10-2008 2:17pm

I'll take a point, I have read somewhere that MON has taken more points off Chelsea since he took over Villa than any other manager

JPA · 05-10-2008 2:27pm

Chelsea Team:
1 Petr Cech
2 José Bosingwa
2 Branislav Ivanovic
26 John Terry (c)
3 Ashley Cole
12 John Mikel Obi
10 Joe Cole
13 Michael Ballack
8 Frank Lampard
15 Florent Malouda
39 Nicolas Anelka

Substitutes: 40 Hilario, 19 Paulo Ferreira, 35 Juliano Belletti, 42 Michael Mancienne, 18 Wayne Bridge, 21 Salomon Kalou, 9 Franco Di Santo.

Villa Team:

VILLA: Friedel; L Young, Shorey, Davies, Laursen; Reo-Coker, A Young, Barry, Petrov; Agbonlahor, Carew. Subs: Guzan, Knight, Cuellar, Milner, Routledge, Harewood, Gardner.