And then there's Manchester United. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn last season's Carabao Cup final, Villa won 2-1. Although it was a small victory, Wang Shuai felt that Villa played without pressure in that game, and the opponent's goal was scored by set-pieces in the final stoppage time.

Wang Shuai knows that the Red Devils have strengthened this season, but he also knows that even the reinforcement is not outrageously strong. One is the current standings, where United are currently only in seventh place. The other is that for any team, the change in strength cannot be too large, there will always be a process in between, and now Manchester United manager Joseph's transformation of the team is obviously still in its infancy.

And against Manchester United, Villa have one more advantage. Joseph's best tactic is to defend and counter-attack, which means that Joseph's team must be more defensive than offensive, and Villa is indeed the opposite. Therefore, the game between Villa and Manchester United will inevitably become a situation in which Villa mainly attacks Manchester United's main defense, and Villa's shortcomings can be protected to the greatest extent.

The most difficult opponent to deal with is, of course, Chelsea.

In terms of strength, Chelsea currently have a squad of senior professionals, far from being comparable to Villa.

In terms of form, Chelsea are now unbeaten at 8-5 and have caught up with Villa in points, only to sit fourth on goal difference and only four points away from Manchester City at the top of the table. Such a result undoubtedly shows that Chelsea's current form is not in the slightest.

Of course, that's not to say that Villa don't have an advantage. First of all, although Joseph is now the coach of Manchester United, Chelsea was built by Joseph, and it can be said that Chelsea, like Manchester United now, is a team that focuses on defence. Secondly, this game against Chelsea is at Villa's home turf, and home advantage can also help Villa turn things back a bit.

Regardless, overall, the balance of victory in this game is in Chelsea's favour.

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The match between Villa and Chelsea is in the final round of the first half, and there are five Premier League games to go before that, and those five league games have been a succession for Villa.

First of all, in the 14th round of the league, Liverpool drew away to Bournemouth, which allowed Villa to overtake Liverpool in second place. At the same time, in this round of the league, the strong duel between Chelsea and Manchester City ended with a 3-1 victory for Manchester City, which widened the gap between Chelsea and Villa to 3 points.

Manchester City, which was wrapped in a big victory, overturned in the next round of the league, losing 2:4 away to Leicester City, narrowing the gap between Villa and Manchester City to only one point.

Then in the 16th round of the league, there was another upset, only this time it was Liverpool who were the protagonists, and it was another promoted Newcastle United side who beat the Reds 3-0 at home. Villa, meanwhile, also won 2-1 at home to Manchester United. As a result, the gap between Liverpool and Villa has widened to 4 points, and they have completely fallen out of the top three.

In the 17th round of the league, Manchester City, who are at the top of the table, and Liverpool, who are five points behind and are in fourth place, met in the end, and finally the Reds defended their home honor 1-0. At the same time at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal also lost 0:2 to Aston Villa again. In this way, Villa sat at the top of the league table for the first time.

The eighteenth round of the league was not worth discussing, and several strong teams were against the underdogs at the bottom of the table. As a result, Manchester City capsized again, and it was even more coincidental that it was Hull City, the "strong team nemesis" last season, who defeated Manchester City. Manchester City, on the other hand, also suffered two consecutive defeats, falling down the rankings again to fourth.

In the final round of the league, Aston Villa, which was originally like a big enemy, became extremely relaxed. Because Villa, who are at the top of the table so far, are three points ahead of second-placed Chelsea. Although the difference in points is only one win, Villa's goal difference advantage is as high as 8, and in this game, Villa will not lose more than 8 goals in any case. This means that, regardless of the outcome of the final round, Villa have already won the halfway race.

After Villa, Chelsea has 41 points, Liverpool 40 points, Manchester City 39 points, and the three teams are each in second to fourth place with a one-point difference. Coincidentally, these three games can be described as strong matchups.

Chelsea travel to Aston Villa, Manchester City host Arsenal and Liverpool play Everton in a Merseyside derby. It can be said that the focus of the final round is all focused on these three games.

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On the last day of December, the 19th round of the league started on time.

The day's fixtures are divided into three time slots, starting with a match at half past twelve at noon, then at three o'clock in the afternoon, when most games are scheduled, and finally two games at seven o'clock in the evening, when Villa and Chelsea play at this time.

Ahead of the Villa-Chelsea matchup, two more matchups have come to an end. In the end, Manchester City won 2-1 at home to Arsenal and Liverpool won the local derby 1-0. This also means that Manchester City has completely locked up the top three places in the halfway, and Liverpool and Chelsea, who can occupy the last top three places, depends on the result of today's final game.

At 7pm GMT, prime time for watching TV, the vast majority of fans in England are in front of their TV or computers, waiting for the showdown between Villa and Chelsea to begin. And because of the three Chinese players, Wang Shuai, Wu Shi and Zhou Aniu, there is an eight-hour time difference, and there are countless fans waiting for TV or Internet broadcasts in Huaxia, where it is already three o'clock in the morning in Youzhou time.

There are only four media outlets in Huaxia that have the rights to broadcast the Premier League, namely Huaxia TV Sports Channel, Old Wave Sports, Penguin Sports and Sowolf Sports. Under normal circumstances, the highest ratings must be Huaxia TV, but as long as the game of Aston Villa is broadcast, Old Wave Sports has become the biggest winner. There is only one reason, and that is the game's commentator He Tao.

After coming to England, He Tao's initial job was to write press releases for Old Wave Sports. It wasn't until one time later that He Tao temporarily appeared as a guest commentator, and after breaking some small information in Wang Shuai's daily life, the on-demand and ratings of Jiulang Sports continued to rise. Since then, He Tao has naturally become a resident guest, and breaking the news about Wang Shuai's trivial matters has also become a regular item in the show.

Of course, these revelations were all allowed by Wang Shuai, and He Tao himself could distinguish the importance and would not say anything about things that affected Wang Shuai's personal image.

"Welcome He Tao, there are still five minutes before the start of the game, why don't we listen to Wang Shuai's recent troubles first?"

In the commentary room of Jiulang Sports in England, football commentator Yu Dong started today's broadcast "seriously".