Chris Bevan
BBC Sport at Villa Park

"Villa Park has never been a happy hunting ground for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who has managed only two draws and one goal in his five visits so far. Mourinho was sent off along with two of his players the last time the Blues were here, in March, in a game that saw Fabian Delph score Villa's winner to put a sizeable dent in Chelsea's title aspirations.

"That Delph strike was later voted Villa's goal of the season, a competition that should not be too difficult to win this campaign. The club have already had to cancel one fans' vote for goal of the month after failing to find the net at all during October, and have only hit 11 in total."

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Jose Mourinho was back in front of the cameras on Friday afternoon.

The Portuguese had not given a media interview since striker Diego Costa was suspended for three matches by the Football Association for stamping on Liverpool midfielder Can.

On 28 January, Mourinho was fined £25,000 by the FA for claiming that there was a "campaign" against his club.

When asked about his reasons for not speaking before or after last weekend's draw with Manchester City, he said: "Because if you want, you can make a silence very noisy. You could make noise with my silence. If I was a journalist I could make from silence lots of words.

"Filipe [Luis] is injured and the player who is suspended is suspended," Mourinho said, pointedly not referring to Costa by name.

Why has he never won a match at Villa Park?

"Because the opponents score more goals than us."

Former Aston Villa frontman Dion Dublin
Final Score

"I don't agree with dropping Christian Benteke. He is the only one who might become prolific at some stage. Villa had to play him today. It'll be a big blow to his already low confidence. Villa have no natural finisher in their team today."

Lot's of angry comments about Christian Benteke being named on the Aston Villa bench. Our man in the Midlands, Pat Murphy, reckons the decision, external has been made with one eye on the midweek match against Hull.

Given both Villa and the Tigers are down at the wrong end of the table, is that game arguably more important for Paul Lambert's side?

Matt Andrews: So, Lambert's lost it. Benteke on the bench? They'll probably bring him on to save the game when we are 4-0 down...

Chris Bloomfield: With Benteke on the bench then Aston Villa have no goal threat at all. Not like that had a threat anyway, but certainly not now.

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"Yes, son. That's what scoring a goal looks like".

Chris Bevan, BBC Sport at Villa Park

"The most appropriate item on sale in Aston Villa's club shop? An official club duck, which sums up their recent woeful record in front of goal.

"Paul Lambert's side are yet to score a Premier League goal in 2015 and, in total, it is 612 minutes since they last found the net in the league, enough time to watch all of either the Godfather or Lord of the Rings trilogies.

"They could also surpass the seven Police Academy films (total running time 627 minutes) in today's game against Chelsea, but I suppose some Villa fans might argue they have been already been watching a more inept bunch of recruits than the ones who served under Commandant Eric Lassard."

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Aston Villa fans just rocking up to Villa Park this afternoon might want to look away now because, when you are desperate to see your side score a long-awaited goal, the last thing you want to see is free-scoring Chelsea rolling into town.

Jose Mourinho's side are the highest scorers in the league with 52 goals from their 23 matches, while they have also scored a league-high 27 goals away from home.

In contrast, only Sunderland in 2005-06 (nine goals) and Derby County in 2007-08 (seven goals) have scored fewer in the Premier League than Villa (11) after 23 matches.

Both Sunderland and Derby ended each of their respective seasons in last place and were relegated...

BBC Final Score

Just under way now on the BBC Red Button (and at the top of this page), Final Score kicks into action. Jacqui Oatley is joined by former Tottenham striker Garth Crooks and ex-Aston Villa frontman Dion Dublin as all the goals go in around the country.

Final Score is on 14:30-18:00 GMT on the BBC Red Button and 16:30-17:15 on BBC Two, except in Scotland. In Northern Ireland the programme in on BBC Two 16:30-17:00, with Final Score from NI at 17:00-17:15.

Chris Bevan
BBC Sport at Villa Park

Chelsea's new £23.3m winger Juan Cuadrado is on the bench at an overcast and chilly Villa Park, as Blues boss Jose Mourinho makes two changes from the team that drew with Manchester City last week. Didier Drogba comes in for Loic Remy up front and Gary Cahill returns for Kurt Zouma at centre-half.

Cuadrado was nicknamed 'La Vespa' while at Fiorentina because of his pace and ability to nip between defenders like a scooter buzzing through traffic.

Aston Villa's most recent signing Scott Sinclair used to be known for doing the same but, to continue the motoring analogy, he has been left in the garage again - he is among their substitutes for the visit of his former club and must wait for his first Premier League start since December 213. Alongside him is out-of-form striker Christian Benteke, who has been dropped to make way for Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Aston Villa starting XI: Guzan, Hutton, Okore, Clark, Cissokho, Westwood, Delph, Cleverley, Agbonlahor, Weimann, Gil

Chelsea starting XI: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Matic; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Drogba.

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Six hundred and twelve minutes.

Imagine waiting that long for a Premier League goal, Aston Villa's fans deserve medals. The last time a Villa player bagged in the top flight was on 20 December when Christian Benteke opened the scoring in a 1-1 draw with Manchester United.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is only 558 minutes long.

Will Villa end their barren run against the Premier League leaders today?