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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea travel to Aston Villa without captain John Terry or his centre-back partner Gary Cahill, meaning January signing Matt Miazga makes his debut for the club.
- Terry, Cahill and Hazard absent for Chelsea, Costa suspended
- Miazga makes debut alongside Ivanovic at centre-back
- Falcao and Pato on substitutes’ bench
- Agbonlahor suspended by Villa following internal investigation
- Villa are 12 points from safety
Teams:
Aston Villa: Guzan, Hutton, Richards, Lescott, Cissokho, Sanchez, Westwood, Gana, Gil, Gestede, Ayew
Subs: Okore, Bacuna, Sinclair, Veretout, Bunn, Lyden, Grealish.
Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Miazga, Baba, Mikel, Fabregas, Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Kenedy, Remy.
Subs: Begovic, Jake Clarke-Salter, Matic, Oscar, Traore, Pato, Falcao.
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Today’s fixtures:
Aston Villa vs Chelsea – 12:45
Arsenal vs Watford – 15:00
Bournemouth vs Manchester City – 15:00
Norwich City vs Newcastle United – 15:00
Stoke City vs Swansea – 15:00
Sunderland vs West Bromwich Albion – 15:00
West Ham vs Crystal Palace – 15:00
Liverpool vs Tottenham – 17:30
Just over 45 minutes until kick off, it's time for some team news...
Aston Villa: Guzan, Hutton, Richards, Lescott, Cissokho, Sanchez, Westwood, Gana, Gil, Gestede, Ayew
Subs: Okore, Bacuna, Sinclair, Veretout, Bunn, Lyden, Grealish.
Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Miazga, Baba, Mikel, Fabregas, Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Kenedy, Remy.
Subs: Begovic, Jake Clarke-Salter, Matic, Oscar, Traore, Pato, Falcao
Another happy Villa fan... Just under 15 minutes until kick off, can Chelsea's second team heap more misery on Villa or will there be a rare win for the home side?
Matt Miazga makes his debut for Chelsea today 
Guus Hiddink has lost just 1 of his 26 Premier League games as Chelsea manager, a 1-0 defeat to Spurs in March 2009. https://t.co/eJ5sU835kd
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JT, Willian, Cahill not travelled, along with suspended costa and injured hazard...first three have minor problems #Cfc
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In the hotly anticipated battle of the mascots it's an all lion affair. 
GOAL! Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1 - Ruben Loftus-CheekFirst Premier League goal for the youngster, he tucks away Azpilicueta's low cross - with a helpful deflection off Joleon Lescott.
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