Villa – Chelsea; Now here’s a tough one.

Are there any easy ones?
Of course, there aren’t and this will probably prove as tough as most of our remaining fixtures.

On the face of it, it’s a pretty daunting fixture and I’m finding it hard to see how we can win this game.
The only advantage I can see is that we’ve played a game and Chelsea haven’t since the restart, which might mean we have an edge in fitness and more likely mental agility.

We have an horrendous record against Chelsea over the last few years, so there’s not much to hope for in that area either.
That said, it appears that Chelsea don’t keep many clean sheets, so if they’re likely to concede, there’s always hope that if we can score one, we might get something.

But it goes back to the same old problem of our defence.
Chelsea are a different proposition compared to Sheffield Utd and it’ll be interesting to see the defence holds up.
I suggested that we looked better at the back on Wednesday and if we maintain that, we might actually be able to get a point, which wouldn’t have been expected over the last few years.

But the reality is I’m expecting nothing at all and anything would be a bonus.
I like to be as optimistic as I can, but I’m also a realist too.

No predictions from me yet, but I do have a scoreline in my head. I’ll reveal that in the review.

For information, the game is on Sky, but if you have the nous, you might want to look into (cough) Vola Sports (cough).