Chelsea face in-form Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, two days after a disappointing 3-1 defeat against North London rivals, Arsenal. Chelsea have lost three of their last five league games and have fallen to eight place and possibly out of the title race. Aston Villa on the other hand have been impressive sitting at seventh place with two games in hand which if they win places them second on the table, just one point behind leaders, Liverpool.
Our betting predictions for Chelsea FC vs Aston Villa match are:
Chelsea FC vs Aston Villa Betting Tips
Safe Bets
• Bertrand Traore has shown his form in the last two matches, after Villa signed him for 17 million this season, having scored two goals in his last two games. With playmakers like Grealish and Barkley around him, he will be provided many chances, hence betting on him to have more than one shot on target at odds of 3.00 (WilliamHill) is a good bet with minimal risk.
• Tammy Abraham was able to score for Chelsea even though other players underperformed and he has six goals in fourteen games, with three goals in the last two matches. With Werner out of form, Abraham will be the target man to get Chelsea’s goals, hence we suggest betting on him to score at odds of 2.30 (betway).
• Though Aston Villa have conceded the second least goals in the league, Chelsea have one of the best attacks in the league and are the second highest scorers. Aston Villa, too have been in superb scoring form averaging more than two goals scored per match. Hence we expect it to be a high scoring match and one of the safest bets of the match is more than 2.5 goals being scored at odds of 1.60 (betway).
Quick Rich
• Jack Grealish has been one of Premier League’s best players with five goals and six assists in the league this season and is the main reason behind Villa’s success. Betting on him to score at odds of 5.00 or him having more than shot on target at the same odds are popular bets on WilliamHill, which you should not miss out on.
• We expect the match to be intense as Villa have been playing exceptionally but Chelsea have some of the best players of the league. Hence we suggest betting on the score to be 2-3, 3-2 or 2-3 at odds of 6.50 (betway) as the game can go either way.
Win/Lose/Draw
Lampard hasn’t performed well against higher placed teams in the league losing against Arsenal, Wolves, Everton, Liverpool and drawing against Manchester United and Tottenham this season. Hence we expect the game to be close and predict a draw at odds of 4.00 (WilliamHill).
Bet During the Match
Chelsea have the quality to dominate any team, and if Chelsea start dominating in the first 30 minutes and Lampard is able to get his players and chemistry in sync, betting on them to win at current odds of 1.70 (betway) is a safe bet.
Aston Villa Overall Form: LWDWW
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