Aston Villa vs Chelsea live stream and match preview, Sunday 16 October, 2.00pm BST
Aston Villa vs Chelsea live stream and match preview
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Chelsea are aiming for a fifth consecutive win in all competitions when they travel to Aston Villa on Sunday.
Graham Potter has enjoyed an impressive start to life in the Stamford Bridge dugout.
Since a 1-1 draw with Salzburg on his debut, the former Brighton boss has overseen four consecutive wins, beating Crystal Palace and Wolves in the Premier League and claiming two victories in a European double-header with Italian champions AC Milan.
The Blues head to Birmingham on the back of a 2-0 Champions League win at San Siro on Tuesday.
Former Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori was sent off early on, before a Jorginho penalty and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang strike sealed the three points.
Potter’s side are fourth in the Premier League standings, four points behind Tottenham with a game in hand.
Aston Villa have found some form recently and come into this game on the back of a four-match unbeaten run.
Steven Gerrard’s side have only picked up one win in that time, though, and remain in a precarious position, sitting three points above the relegation zone in 16th.
Their last outing ended in a 1-1 draw away to second-bottom Nottingham Forest, when Ashley Young’s goal cancelled out an Emmanuel Dennis opener.
Chelsea won both meetings last season, 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in September and 3-1 at Villa Park in December.
Reece James is out injured for the visitors, along with N’Golo Kante, while Leon Bailey could return for Villa.
Line-ups
Aston Villa
4-3-3: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Young; McGinn, Luiz, Ramsey; Bailey, Ings, Watkins
Chelsea
3-4-3: Arrizabalaga; Chalobah, Silva, Cucurella; Loftus-Cheek, Mount, Kovacic, Chilwell; Havertz, Aubameyang, Sterling
Form
Aston Villa: DDWDL
Chelsea: WWWWD
Referee
Robert Jones will be the referee for Aston Villa vs Chelsea.
Stadium
Aston Villa vs Chelsea will be played at Villa Park.
Other games
Aston Villa vs Chelsea is one of four 2pm kick-offs on Sunday, along with Leeds v Arsenal, Manchester United v Newcastle and Southampton v West Ham.
The late game, and final match of the weekend in the Premier League, is Liverpool v Manchester City at 4.30pm.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 2.00pm BST on Sunday 16 October and it is being shown on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event in the UK. See below for international broadcast options.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
