Aston Villa vs. Chelsea, FA Cup: Live blog; highlights
Chelsea have a chance to put a most horrendous seven days behind us, by getting our act together and getting something out of this FA Cup fourth round replay against Aston Villa. And that something could be something as minor as “not playing like a bunch of amateurs”.
We certainly could use a bit of the ol’ Magic of The Cup!
Pochettino makes several changes, including big calls for Madueke and Badiashile to start. Plenty of options on the bench, including young left back Ishé Samuels-Smith.
Here we go!
Aston Villa starting lineup (4-5-1):
Martínez | Álex Moreno, Lenglet, Diego Carlos, Cash | Tielemans, McGinn (c), Douglas Luiz, Kamara, Bailey | Watkins
Substitutes from: Olsen, Wright, Pau, Chambers, Diaby, Zaniolò, J.Ramsey, Iroegbunam, Kellyman
Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Petrović | Chilwell (c), Badiashile, Disasi, Gusto | Enzo, Caicedo | Palmer, Gallagher, Madueke | Jackson
Substitutes from: Bergström, Bettinelli, Gilchrist, Silva, Samuels-Smith, Chukwuemeka, Mudryk, Sterling, Nkunku
Date / Time: Wednesday, February 7, 20.00 GMT; 3pm EST; 1:30am IST (next day)
Venue: Villa Park, Birmingham
Referee: Thomas Bramall (on pitch); Peter Bankes (VAR)
On TV: ITV 1 (UK); none (USA); none (India); SuperSport Premier League (NGA); elsewhere
Streaming: ITVX (UK); ESPN+ (USA); Sony LIV (India); DStv Now (NGA)
Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!
