Chelsea travel to Birmingham to take on Aston Villa in the Premier League, looking for a fifth consecutive win in all competitions. Here’s how you can watch the game on TV and what time the match will kick off.
Aston Villa vs Chelsea where to watch
TV channel: The game will be shown live on Sky Sports in the UK, and local Premier League TV rights holders outside of the UK.
Chelsea's own Matchday Live show will be previewing the match from 1.15pm on this website and The 5th Stand app, with live audio commentary of the action.
Highlights: You can watch the best of the action from 6pm on matchday on the official Chelsea website.
Press conference live: We will be streaming the pre-match press conference live as Graham Potter speaks to the media at Cobham at 1.30pm UK time on Friday 14 October, or you can watch on demand afterwards.
Aston Villa vs Chelsea kick off time
Away fixture: Aston Villa vs Chelsea
Date: Sunday 16 October 2022
Kick-off time: 2pm (UK time)
Location: Villa Park
Aston Villa vs Chelsea preview
Chelsea have started to pick up momentum under Graham Potter with a run of form which has now seen us win four consecutive matches, with Premier League victories over Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton Wanderers joined with a pair of impressive and confidence boosting Champions League wins home and away against AC Milan. That has moved us into fourth place in the Premier League table.
Individual players are hitting good form as well as the team, too, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring on his last three appearances in a row and Mason Mount registering three assists in our last two fixtures, despite only playing 45 minutes in Milan on Tuesday.
Aston Villa have improved slightly since a challenging start to the season, going four games without defeat in the Premier League. However, they have still only won two league matches in 2022/23, both of which came at Villa Park, against Everton and Southampton.