Aston Villa and Chelsea are playing live on the English Premier League schedule this weekend and it is the late game of the day on Saturday at Villa Park and the match will be streaming online from the NBC Sports Live Extra website at 1:30 pm ET and comes as the Blues are first on the EPL table heading into the back stretch of the season.
Chelsea comes in as the late game and things started off on Saturday with Manchester City winning away against Hull City and that was a big victory for the team and the Blues come in after a 4-0 win against Tottenham and they have a big Champions League match coming up next against Galatasaray in the second leg and that comes after a draw 1-1 that came on the road and now the matchup will be from Stamford Bridge on March 18 and after that the team hits the road again in the Premier League against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Chelsea came into the match against Gala after a 1-0 win against Everton and after that they got a win against Fulham on the road and now they will face Aston Villa before an EPL matchup with Arsenal at Stamford Bridge and three of their next four games after Villa will be at home and the last one comes against Stoke City before they hit the road again against Swansea City. Eden Hazard is tops on the team in scoring with 13 goals and he is also first with seven assists and he will be key for the team on Saturday.
Chelsea has been playing very well for the last stretch of the season and they have an anticipated matchup with Arsenal coming up and the Gunners will be playing on Sunday against Tottenham and that will be at White Hart Lane. Chelsea is in the top spot in the EPL standings coming into play on Saturday and they will be in the lead no matter what happens on the schedule, as they are six up on Manchester City, who won against Hull City, while Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham are next in the standings over Everton and Manchester United.
Chelsea finishes the back stretch of the schedule with a huge match against Liverpool at the Anfield and they also have matchups with Sunderland, Norwich City and Cardiff City and that last game will be on the road. Villa comes in after a win against Norwich and they next will play against Stoke City at home before a matchup at Old Trafford against Manchester United and the club also plays against Manchester City, Tottenham and Hull City to end the season.
Check here for the Chelsea and Aston Villa live coverage from NBC.