Chelsea - Aston Villa preview: league leader hoping to snap streak

On Sunday, league leaders Chelsea host third placed Aston Villa in the seventh match round of the Premier League.

Chelsea has not won in the last five meetings with Aston Villa. Their last win over Aston Villa was three years ago on 24 September 2005 (2-1).

According to Infostrada, no other current Premier League team is on a longer unbeaten streak against Chelsea than Aston Villa.

Between 1995 and 2005, Chelsea suffered a 19 match winless streak against Arsenal.

Longest winless streak against specific opponent – Chelsea in Premier League
Matches Opponent Last match before streak First match after streak

19 Arsenal Chelsea - Arsenal (30 Sep 1995) 1-0 Chelsea - Arsenal (21 Aug 2005) 1-0
12 Blackburn Rovers Start Premier League Blackburn Rovers - Chelsea (21 Sep 1998) 3-4
8 Sheffield Wednesday Start Premier League Sheffield Wednesday - Chelsea (07 Sep 1996) 0-2
6 Everton Chelsea - Everton (03 Jan 1994) 4-2 Everton - Chelsea (11 May 1997) 1-2
6 Liverpool Chelsea - Liverpool (25 Sep 1993) 1-0 Chelsea - Liverpool (01 Jan 1997) 1-0
6 Coventry City Chelsea - Coventry City (01 May 1993) 2-1 Chelsea - Coventry City (24 Aug 1996) 2-0
5 Aston Villa Chelsea - Aston Villa (24 Sep 2005) 2-1 Still running


Last five PL meetings between Chelsea and Aston Villa
Date Match Result

26 Dec 2007 Chelsea - Aston Villa 4-4
02 Sep 2007 Aston Villa - Chelsea 2-0
02 Jan 2007 Aston Villa - Chelsea 0-0
30 Sep 2006 Chelsea - Aston Villa 1-1
01 Feb 2006 Aston Villa - Chelsea 1-1