Chelsea vs. Aston Villa: EFL Cup live stream, TV channel, how to watch online, odds, start time

Chelsea enter the EFL Cup at its third spherical with Thomas Tuchel now handed a possibility to showcase the horrifying depth at his disposal. His first XI weren’t at their greatest after they met Aston Villa within the Premier League earlier this month however when Romelu Lukaku is main the road you don’t all the time have to create a excessive quantity of possibilities. 

Dean Smith’s facet might be eager for revenge and to progress within the cups in a season the place the Premier League ought to not convey a lot trigger for concern. Right here is how one can watch the match and what that you must know:

Viewing info

• Date: Wednesday, Sep. 22 | Time: 2:45 p.m. ET
• Location: Stamford Bridge — London
• TV/Stay stream: ESPN+
• Odds: Chelsea -250; Draw +320; Aston Villa +650 (through Caesars Sportsbook) 

Storylines

Chelsea: The likes of Ben Chilwell, Timo Werner and Saul Niguez may properly come into competition for the Chelsea beginning XI if, as anticipated, Tuchel opts to rotate the facet which have made such a robust begin to the brand new Premier League season. There may be additionally the likelihood that Christian Pulisic, who picked up an damage on the worldwide break, will return to competition after lacking the final three video games.

In brief, Chelsea may discipline top-of-the-line lineups in English soccer with out having to overburden among the workforce’s most vital gamers. It’s a welcome dilemma for Tuchel.

Aston Villa: Having been confined to the bench for the 3-0 win over Everton on the weekend, Emiliano Buendia may return to the Villa facet for the primary time because the worldwide break (and his subsequent spell coaching in Croatia with the remainder of the Premier League South American contingent because of Covid protocols). Nevertheless, simply as considered one of this summer time’s Jack Grealish replacements returns to competition one other could also be out with Leon Bailey having injured himself scoring the third objective within the weekend’s victory, although he’s optimistic it won’t be a serious concern.

“The damage was truly from the shot – I feel I hit it too laborious so I began feeling a bit stiff in my quad. However I do not suppose it must be something severe,” mentioned Bailey. “As an alternative of risking it I made a decision to return out – as a result of now we have quite a bit video games developing. So no worries.”

Prediction

Even when Chelsea do identify a weakened workforce they’ve the standard throughout the facet to safe their passage to the fourth spherical. PICK: Chelsea 2 Aston Villa 0