Aston Villa vs Chelsea team news: Emery and Pochettino name lineups in Premier League
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Unai Emery and Mauricio Pochettino have named their starting lineups and substitutes for this evening’s Premier League fixture between Aston Villa and Chelsea at Villa Park.
Facing another crucial clash in the English top flight, the Villans can build a nine-point gap to Tottenham Hotspur with a victory. Spurs will have three games in hand after tonight but a need to win them all applies huge pressure, especially as they face bitter rivals Arsenal this Sunday.
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Hide AdEmery has made one change to the team that beat AFC Bournemouth 3-1, with Douglas Luiz coming in to replace Moussa Diaby. Villa were without Luiz for the wins over Arsenal and the Cherries due to suspension. Here are the two teams in full.
Aston Villa vs Chelsea lineups
Villa XI: Martinez (GK); Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne; Tielemans, Luiz, Rogers, Bailey; McGinn, Watkins.
Villa subs: Olsen (GK), D. Carlos, Chambers, Lenglet, Diaby, Duran, Kesler-Hayden, Iroegbunam, Kellyman.
Chelsea XI: Petrovic (GK); Chalobah, T. Silva, Badiashille, Cucurella; Caicedo, Gallagher; Palmer, Madueke, Mudryk; Jackson.
Chelsea subs: Bettinelli (GK), Curd, Gilchrist, Disasi, Acheampong, Casadei, Dyer, George, Deivid.
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