Aston Villa have won four of their six games since Steven Gerrard took the reins.
Aston Villa have only lost one of their last four meetings with Chelsea.
Chelsea have only won one of their last four Premier League games.
Chelsea have drawn four of their last eight league matches, with three of those being 1-1 draws.
Villains looking strong under Gerrard

Aston Villa got back to winning ways at Carrow Road last time out and, with Steven Gerrard looking back on a fantastic first month in charge of the Villains, they have every chance of walking away from Boxing Day’s clash with Chelsea with a point or more.

Villa have won four of their six games since Gerrard’s arrival and their only two defeats – to Manchester City and Liverpool – were both narrow ones with plenty of positives to take from them.

This run has lifted Villa into the top-half of the table once more and to within five points of the top six. Not only that, but they have relatively few selection concerns when you compare it to the rest of the league.

Injury-hit Chelsea suffer downturn in form

Chelsea can’t boast the same good fortune, however. The Blues are expected to be without Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ben Chilwell on Sunday, while up to four other players could also be sidelined.

This has had an impact on their form, but even before the selection crisis Thomas Tuchel’s side were on a downward trajectory. Their draw at Wolves last weekend made it just one win from their last four Premier League games and they are now six points adrift of league-leaders Manchester City.

Back the hosts to get something on Sunday

The value on Sunday looks to lie in the home team and with Villa losing just one of their last four meetings with Chelsea I’m backing the hosts to get something from this Boxing Day showdown.



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自杰拉德执教以来，阿斯顿维拉赢得了六场比赛中的四场。
阿斯顿维拉在过去四场与切尔西的比赛中只输掉了一场。
切尔西在过去的四场英超比赛中只赢了一场。
切尔西在最近8场联赛中有4场战平，其中3场是1-1战平。
在杰拉德的带领下，恶徒们看起来很强大

阿斯顿维拉在卡罗路球场重新取得了胜利，杰拉德回顾了他执教恶棍队的第一个月的精彩表现，他们很有可能在节礼日与切尔西的比赛中获得一分或更多。

自从杰拉德到来以来，维拉已经赢下了他们六场比赛中的四场，他们仅有的两场败给曼城和利物浦，都是险胜的胜利。

这场比赛让维拉再次登上了积分榜的上半名，离前六名只差了5分。不仅如此，当你把他们和联盟其他球队比较时，你会发现他们的选择问题相对较少。

受伤病打击的切尔西状态低迷

然而，切尔西却没有这样的好运气。蓝军预计将在周日缺席卢卡库、沃纳、哈弗茨、哈德森-奥多吉和本·奇尔维尔，同时还有四名球员可能缺席。

这对他们的表现产生了影响，但甚至在选秀危机之前，托马斯·图切尔的球队就已经在走下坡路了。上周末他们与狼队的平局使他们在过去的四场英超比赛中只赢了一场，现在他们已经落后联赛领头羊曼城6分。

周日回去给主人买点东西

周日的价值在于主队，而维拉最近四次与切尔西的交锋中只输了一次，我希望主队能从节礼日的对决中有所收获。