Chelsea vs Aston Villa: 7 Tips For Villa To Defeat Mourinho

3. Keep Narrow, Keep Tight

Defending 101, perhaps, but especially important against this Chelsea side. Inverted wingers look to cut inside and play 1-2's, and while the full backs get forward they rarely look to whip crosses in from the byline, instead going for cutbacks or making they own runs into the box to finish off moves. With only one striker up top, crosses are unlikely to come in to the box for either Fernando Torres, Demba Ba or Romelu Lukaku to compete for with the Villa centre backs, instead intricate short passing moves are likely to be the order of the day. If Villa shut off the space, and if the midfield can cover the centre backs as ably as they did against Arsenal, Mourinho will provide with his first real test in his second spell at the Bridge.