Aston Villa vs Chelsea Bet Builder Tips, Preview

Cole Palmer is easily Chelsea’s most dangerous player in the final third and the stats back that up. The England international top scores and leads the way in the assists chart for Chelsea in the Premier League this season, and we’re backing the 22-year-old to have at least 1 shot on target at Villa Park this weekend.

Palmer has had 20 more shots in the Premier League this season than his nearest teammate Noni Madueke, with 84 efforts in 25 starts for the Londoners. The former Man City player has seen 33 of those shots hit the target, 14 of which have been goals, which makes for a shots on target ratio of 39.3%. This talented individual is key to the way Chelsea attack both in terms of scoring goals and creating them and he is averaging 1.36 shots on target per 90 minutes in the league this season.

Chelsea invested heavily to prise Moises Caicedo away from Brighton in 2023, but the combative midfielder plays a crucial role for Enzo Maresca’s side, breaking up opposition attacks, winning the ball back, and starting counter attacks for the Blues.

It won’t come as too much of a surprise to learn that the Ecuador international has committed far more fouls than any other Chelsea player this season, wracking up 52 in his 25 Premier League starts. Teammate Enzo Fernandez is the next highest foul committer but with just 32 to his name he is some way behind Caicedo.

The former Seagull has 7 yellow cards to his name this season and he is averaging 2.08 fouls per game in the Premier League. Caicedo has attempted 73 tackles so far this season, 46 of which he has won, with the majority taking place where he does his best work, the midfield 3rd (35) and the defensive 3rd (31).

Ollie Watkins is enjoying yet another impressive season for Aston Villa and looks set to finish the campaign as the club’s top scorer and, possibly, their chief assist provider. The 29-year-old has featured in all 26 Premier League games for Unai Emery’s side, 4 of which were as a substitute, and he has chipped in with 12 goals and 5 assists.

Watkins hasn’t failed to reach double figures in league goals since moving to Aston Villa in 2020 and enjoyed his best goalscoring campaign in 2023/24 in which he scored 19 PL goals. The former Brentford striker also top the Premier League charts with 13 assists last season, 2 more than Cole Palmer. The England international heads into Saturday’s clash with Chelsea in great form, netting 5 goals in his last 8 appearances in all competitions, including a goal in each of his last 2 Premier league games and we believe there is a good chance that he will score or assist against the Londoners.