Felix gets the nod – Chelsea’s predicted Xl vs Aston Villa today in Premier League | OneFootball

Chelsea are getting ready to face Aston Villa in the Premier League this afternoon in the next set of league fixtures this Sunday.

Enzo Maresca’s side have a chance of being second in the league come the end of the fixtures this weekend, should they beat Villa at Stamford Bridge, and should Liverpool manage to beat Manchester City today, who have looked very down and out lately. You can and should never write off City though, but there is a slight chance that Chelsea could end today in a VERY good spot.

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Maresca will have been pondering his starting Xl all this week, and what wouldn’t have helped with that is the game on Thursday night. Chelsea beat Heidenheim 2-0 away from home in Germany in the Europa Conference League, but luckily the Italian head coach uses two different teams for league and cup games.

Felix to get the nod?

Felix to start today?

Joao Felix did not start on Thursday like we expected him to, although he did come on as a late sub. But does this suggest he was being saved for today? I think he might be. He played very well in Chelsea’s last league game against Leicester City, so I feel he could continue that and get a start today.

With that said, here is my predicted Chelsea Xl for today:

GK – Robert Sanchez

RB – Malo Gusto

CB – Wesley Fofana

CB – Levi Colwill

LB – Marc Cucurella

CM – Moises Caicedo

CM – Enzo Fernandez –

AM – Cole Palmer

LW – Joao Felix

RW – Noni Madueke

ST – Nicolas Jackson

I think the only question marks will be Felix with Pedro Neto back this week, and also in the midfield with Romeo Lavia back fit and available now. But I think Fernandez keeps his spot.

We will also have to hope Gusto is fit and ready to start.