Chelsea V Aston Villa Barclays Premier League Match 21 -August 2013.Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho could rotate his squad against Aston Villa with Monday's trip to Manchester United in mind.
Juan Mata, Andre Schurrle, Demba Ba and Romelu Lukaku are all vying for a start but David Luiz remains sidelined.
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Aston Villa defender Nathan Baker will miss out with the twisted ankle that forced his substitution at Arsenal, so Ciaran Clark is likely to start.
Midfielder Yacouba Sylla returns to the squad after injury.
MATCH PREVIEW
The opening performances earned standing ovations, so can either Chelsea or Aston Villa provide a fitting encore?
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Mourinho wary of Villa challenge
Chelsea's first-half dismantling of Hull prolonged the feelgood factor prompted by the return to the dugout of Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese praised the "fantastic quality" of the performance - although his continued pursuit of Wayne Rooney shows he will never rest on his laurels.
Chelsea inflicted a club record 8-0 defeat on Villa in the corresponding fixture last season, but Mourinho is wary of the visitors following their 3-1 win at Arsenal.
"It's not such a big surprise because Aston Villa can do that to any one of us," he said.
"They are a team with qualities to play away, to play the counter-attack game they played at the Emirates. They are a good team."
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Confidence high at Villa - Lambert
Villa head to Chelsea earlier than planned owing to the Blues' Uefa Super Cup commitments at the end of the month.
The date for the re-arranged fixture has annoyed Villa as it comes either side of games against Arsenal and Liverpool.
However, victory at the Emirates has left Paul Lambert's side confident they will give a far greater account of themselves than last December's meeting.
Captain Ron Vlaar said: "We all know what happened last year, so we want to put that to rest.
"We learnt a lot and we still have to learn a lot, but mentally we have become a stronger team."
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Aston Villa suffered a club record 8-0 defeat on their last visit to Stamford Bridge in December.
Chelsea have won each of their last three league matches against Villa, scoring 14 goals.
The Villans have won just one of their last 11 league visits to Stamford Bridge, losing seven.
Chelsea
Jose Mourinho has never lost a Premier League match at Stamford Bridge, winning 47 and drawing 14 of his 61 games in charge at the ground.
But Mourinho has not won any of his last four Premier League matches against Villa (D3, L1).
Chelsea have won 14 and lost just one of their 16 league matches played in August under Mourinho.
Frank Lampard has missed two of his last three penalties after scoring the previous 10 in a row.
Eden Hazard created an unrivalled six goalscoring chances on the opening weekend of the Premier League.
Aston Villa
Villa are unbeaten in their last three Premier League away matches since a 3-0 defeat at Manchester United in April.
They were the only Premier League side to earn more points away (21) than at home (20) last season.
It's a club record 23 matches since Paul Lambert's side last kept a Premier League clean sheet at home to Stoke City in December 2012.
Christian Benteke has scored an unrivalled 16 Premier League goals in 2013.