Aston Villa equalled their club record of 11 wins in a row in all competitions just after Christmas when they came from behind to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge courtesy of two second-half goals by Ollie Watkins. Villa are now looking to complete a first league double over Chelsea since 1989-90 but their recent laboured performances have given the visitors an opportunity to move within striking distance as the race for Champions League qualification intensifies. Ponderous, passive and profligate, Aston Villa's recent displays have worrying echoes of their early-season malaise when it took them five league games to score and six to win.
