I wouldn t count the home side out of this one – Joleon Lescott makes bold prediction about Aston Villa vs Chelsea × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Football EPL 2022-23 News I wouldn t count the home side out of this one – Joleon Lescott makes bold prediction about Aston Villa vs Chelsea By Debkalpa Banerjee Modified Oct 14, 2022 09:19 PM IST Follow Us Comment Share Joleon Lescott played 31 times for Aston Villa during his playing career. Former Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott has predicted a 1-0 loss for Chelsea against Aston Villa in their upcoming Premier League clash at Villa Park on Sunday (October 16). The Blues are currently in a rich vein of form under new manager Graham Potter, registering four wins in five matches across all competitions. Since his appointment last month, Potter has guided the west London outfit to two straight Premier League victories. Football Daily@footballdaily? 1-1 vs. RB Salzburg 2-1 vs. Crystal Palace 3-0 vs. AC Milan 3-0 vs. Wolves 2-0 vs. AC MilanGraham Potter says his Chelsea side is not at the maximum despite an impressive run of form. 19322? 1-1 vs. RB Salzburg 2-1 vs. Crystal Palace 3-0 vs. AC Milan 3-0 vs. Wolves 2-0 vs. AC MilanGraham Potter says his Chelsea side is not at the maximum despite an impressive run of form. https://t.co/dbJIWDxW1j On the other hand, Aston Villa are struggling in the bottom half of the Premier League table with just two wins in nine games. To make matters worse, Steven Gerrard's side are plagued by injuries to first-team players like Lucas Digne, Diego Carlos and Boubacar Kamara. In his column for Live Score, Lescott backed the Villans to upset Chelsea to boost their chances of finishing in the top half of the table. He wrote: "It's no surprise to see Graham Potter starting really well at Chelsea, while Aston Villa are struggling under Steven Gerrard. But I wouldn’t count the home side out of this one." Lescott also claimed that the east Midlands outfit could pull off a shock result with the support of the home crowd. He added: "The Villa Park crowd are desperate for some excitement and could make it difficult if the team starts well. Getting the fans on side early on will be key for Gerrard’s men and I'll go with my heart and say Villa could surprise a few here." Aston Villa have lost four of their last five home Premier League matches against the Blues. Furthermore, Gerrard is yet to register a win against the west London outfit, having lost two in as many outings so far. Aston Villa@AVFCOfficialGerrard: “We are four unbeaten, but we’re not satisfied with that because the last two, we should have executed the game in a better way.“We go into this game with belief and confidence that it will click.”#AVLCHE1098Gerrard: “We are four unbeaten, but we’re not satisfied with that because the last two, we should have executed the game in a better way.“We go into this game with belief and confidence that it will click.”#AVLCHE https://t.co/vwxs5uGufq Chelsea boss Graham Potter provides injury update on three first-team players Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Chelsea boss Graham Potter confirmed that Reece James will miss their upcoming clash against Aston Villa due to a knee injury. He said (via Football London): "He's due to see a specialist over the weekend. Until we get that, there's not too much I can add. It would be speculation on my perspective. Let's wait and see. He felt not too bad yesterday but until you get these things checked, you never know." Potter also shed light on the respective hamstring and knee injuries of N'Golo Kante and Wesley Fofana and elaborated: "He [Kante] is due to see a consultant at the weekend. It's a setback and it's not good news. But at this stage, I can't give you anything more. He [Fofana] is progressing where he was. I don't think we'll see him before the World Cup." Blues winger Hakim Ziyech is also currently recovering from an illness. Paul Merson has predicted the result of Liverpool vs Man City and other EPL GW fixtures! Click here Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Ritwik Kumar × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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