Chelsea vs. Aston Villa Betting Tips: 31/20 and 7/2 selections to follow

Fresh off their first European excursion in 13 years, Aston Villa travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea in one of Sunday's three non-televised 2pm kick-offs.

Aston Villa ended up on the wrong side of a 3-2 thriller against Legia Warsaw in their opening Europa Conference League assignment on Thursday. Unai Emery will have been bitterly disappointed with the performances of certain individuals and will be eyeing consecutive Premier League wins when his side visit West London.

Chelsea, who've had a ropey start to life under Mauricio Pochettino, aren't burdened by Europe this season and come into the match with ample preparation time following their 0-0 draw away to Bournemouth exactly a week ago.

In the long-term absence of Christopher Nkunku, Chelsea appear to have found their temporary number 10 solution in Enzo Fernandez.

Paddy Power go 5/6 for the same bet, which when analysing the supported stats, gives a lot of weight to the 31/20 on offer from BetVictor.

The World Cup winning Argentinian has struck a shot on target in each of his last two matches, and in three out of five Premier League matches this campaign.

Given how only Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson have had more attempts and let off more efforts on goal than him for Chelsea - both of whom are odds-on in this market for Sunday - this price looks incredibly attractive.

Lucas Digne's days in the Aston Villa starting XI might be numbered with the imminent return of Alex Moreno, but his place should be safe for Sunday's trip to the capital.

Operating as Villa's first choice left-back for the opening month or so of the new campaign, Digne has committed two or more fouls in four of his five PL fixtures.

The Frenchman was cautioned in his first two outings this term, and picked up five cards in the previous season - three of which came in away matches vs traditional big six teams, including Villa's 2-0 win against Chelsea.

On Sunday he'll be directly opposing Raheem Sterling, who looks to have refound the form he enjoyed back in Manchester under Pep Guardiola. He's without a doubt been Chelsea's brightest player, with the 13 fouls he's drawn providing evidence for that opinion.

So far this season, Sterling has seen three of his opponents booked - West Ham's Emerson, Nottingham Forest's Ola Aina and most recently Bournemouth's Milos Kerkez. If he delivers his usual direct, energetic performance, then the 7/2 provided by Unibet could be a steal.