[Teams] Aston Villa vs Chelsea: Confirmed Line-ups

Chelsea take on Aston Villa at Villa Park this afternoon looking to close the gap on fourth-placed Tottenham. 

Roberto Di Matteo lead his squad to an impressive 1-0 win over Benfica in the first leg of their Champions League quarter final on Tuesday, and will hope to take that form into today’s game with Villa.

Here are the confirmed line-ups:

Aston Villa Team

Given, Lichaj, Collins, Baker, Warnock, Bannan, Herd, Ireland, Gardner, Weimann, Agbonlahor

SUBS: Guzan, Grealish, Heskey, Albrighton, Johnson, Williams, Carruthers

Chelsea Team

Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, Luiz, Cole, Lampard, Mikel, Mata, Sturridge, Torres, Kalou

SUBS: Turnbull, Bosingwa, Bertrand, Cahill, Essien, Malouda, Ramires

We’ll have video highlights up shortly after the final whistle so check back later.