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Chelsea vs Aston Villa Predicted Lineups: Premier League

There's an entertaining clash in store in the Premier League on Sunday as Aston Villa travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea.

Unai Emery's men are on a poor run of seven matches without a victory and have drawn their last two matches against Crystal Palace in the Premier League and Juventus in the Champions League.

Chelsea are coming off another Europa League Conference victory as they beat Bundesliga side Heidenheim 2-0 on Thursday.

Here's how the squads are shaping up.

Reece James is the only injury concern for Enzo Maresca, who revealed that both Malo Gusto and Pedro Neto should be available after missing the win against Leicester.

Maresca made 10 changes for European duties during the week, so expect a similar level of rotation back in the Premier League.

Here's how Chelsea lined up against Heidenheim.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Jorgensen; Disasi, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Veiga; Casadei, Dewsbury-Hall; Sancho, Nkunku, Mudryk; Guiu

Villa were missing Ezri Konsa, Jacob Ramsey and Amadou Onana against Juve and that will likely be the case again at Stamford Bridge.

Here's how Aston Villa lined up against Juventus.

Expect a number of big names to return for Chelsea like Cole Palmer, Wesley Fofana, Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo and Nicolas Jackson among others.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson

Emery won't change much from the midweek game against Juve, though Konsa might come into the centre of defence for Diego Carlos.

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Bailey, McGinn, Rogers, Watkins

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