Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Enzo Maresca's pre-match press conference ahead of Chelsea versus Aston Villa at the weekend.
The Blues don't play for another three days but due to the Christmas period, Maresca will take his presser slightly earlier than usual. Chelsea welcome Villa to Stamford Bridge on December 27 in what looks set to be a significant match in the west Londoners' season.
Going into the game, Villa, who have won 10 matches in a row, are seven points ahead of Chelsea. The Blues cannot afford to lose much more ground on Villa and Maresca will know that.
We are set to hear the news on the injury front from a Chelsea point of view, and more on what the plans are over the Christmas period for Maresca and his players. The presser is due to get started at 9:30am (UK time), and Bobby Vincent is on hand to bring you word-for-word updates.