Europa League holders Chelsea have been backed to return to winning ways against Aston Villa in the Premier League after the recent run of two straight losses.
Chelsea play hosts to club legend John Terry and Aston Villa with the target of ending their run of two successive league defeats and three games without a win in all competitions.
Former Chelsea skipper John Terry is the assistant manager at Aston Villa who are managed by Dean Smith.
Aston Villa manager Dean Smith was recently handed a new contract at Villa Park and he celebrated it with a well deserved 2-2 draw at the home of Manchester United at the weekend.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard is a former teammate of John Terry whom he shared the Blues dressing room with for many years.
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Both Lampard and Terry were also colleagues with the England national team.
Lampard has done a great job in his first season as a Chelsea manager up till date though the last three games have not gone as planned.
They lost 2-1 at Manchester City in the league before being beaten 1-0 at home to London rivals West Ham United.
Those league games was sandwiched by the 1-1 draw with Spanish club Valencia in the Champions League.
Mark Lawrenson backed Chelsea to beat Aston Villa 2-0 and get back to winning ways.
