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ESPN Soccernet Preview: Aston Villa v Chelsea

October 15, 2009
By John Brewin
Live on ESPN2 (US) on Saturday from 0730 EST (kick-off 0745)

Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa have been the silent runners of the Premier League's top echelon. In seventh place and with a game in hand on Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, a win here and other results going their way could lift them into the top four, the place where the Irishman is aiming at and where they seemed destined to finish last season before a late fade in fortunes.

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• Chelsea's 2-0 defeat at Villa on September 2 2007 was their first of 2007-8 and saw Roman Abramovich storm from the directors' box. Sixteen days later, Jose Mourinho left Chelsea.

• The two teams met in the last FA Cup final at the old Wembley in 2000. Roberto Di Matteo put a nation out of its misery by scoring the only goal after a David James mistake.

• The two teams shared an amazing 4-4 draw on Boxing Day 2007 with Gareth Barry converting a 90th minute penalty to equalise for Villa in their second 4-4 away result of the season; they had previously shared the same scoreline at Spurs.

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