Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Chelsea's Premier League meeting with Aston Villa this afternoon.
The Blues are looking to keep the pressure on second-place Manchester City with another three points this afternoon. If Chelsea can win today, they will move up to second in the table with City, last season's champions, facing league leaders Liverpool later this afternoon.
However, a strong Villa side managed by the impressive Unai Emery stand in Enzo Maresca and his team's way. It kicks off an extremely hectic December period for Chelsea, with the Blues scheduled to play nine matches throughout the final month of the year.
Today's match kicks off at 1:30pm GMT at Stamford Bridge. You can follow live coverage of Chelsea versus Aston Villa right here with Bobby Vincent...