A familiar Boxing Day foe await us at Villa Park and our pre-match Bulletin has details of the key stats, possible milestones and which Chelsea player needs to avoid a booking...
Chelsea vs Aston Villa head to head
Aston Villa are going for back-to-back home wins against Chelsea in the Premier League for the first time since 2004.
Chelsea stats
Last week at Wolves, Chelsea failed to score for the first time in an away Premier League game this season. It was only the second occasion we failed to find the net in 18 matches on the road since Thomas Tuchel took charge in January (the other was the Leeds 0-0 in March).
Since Tuchel’s first Premier League game in charge, only Man City (89) have won more points in the competition than Chelsea (76 – level with Liverpool), with the Blues losing fewer games than any other side (five).
Thiago Silva has made 18 blocks and completed 51 clearances, both more than any other Chelsea player in the Premier League this season.
The Blues have dropped nine points from winning positions in the Premier League this season.
Premier League scorers: Mount 7 (1 pen), James 4, Chilwell 3, Lukaku 3, Chalobah 2, Havertz 2, Jorginho 4 (4 pens), Kante 2, Pulisic 2, Rudiger 2, Thiago Silva 2, Alonso 1, Hudson-Odoi 1, Kovacic 1, Werner 1, Ziyech 1, own goal 1
Milestones
If selected, Ruben Loftus-Cheek will make his 100th appearance for the club and Thiago Silva will start his 50th match in a Chelsea shirt.
Aston Villa stats
Tyrone Mings has made 17 blocks and completed 80 clearances, both more than any other Villa player in the Premier League this season.
Aston Villa have used 25 different players in their 17 Premier League games this term.
Discipline
There are no suspensions.
Reece James needs to avoid a booking to escape a one-match Premier League suspension for accumulating five yellow cards.
For Villa, Matty Cash, John McGinn, Tyrone Mings and Marvelous Nakamba all need to avoid a yellow card against Chelsea otherwise they will serve a one-match suspension against Leeds on Tuesday.
In the Premier League, five yellow cards received before 19 league fixtures have been played will result in a one-match-suspension in the competition.
Premier League bookings list
Aston Villa: Cash 4, McGinn 4, Mings 4, Nakamba 4, Douglas Luiz 3, Watkins 3, El Ghazi 2, Konsa 2, Ramsey 2, Targett 2, Bailey 1, Buendia 1, Ings 1, Martinez 1, Tuanzebe 1.
Chelsea: James 4, Alonso 3, Jorginho 3, Rudiger 3, Christensen 2, Mendy 2, Ziyech 2, Chalobah 1, Kante 1, Kovacic 1, Loftus-Cheek 1, Mount 1, Saul 1, Thiago Silva 1, Werner 1.