Good afternoon, all, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Aston Villa v Chelsea.

Long ball forward from Cissokho, but Delph won't get near that.

Drogba is flagged offside - needless, he had loads of space.

Agbonlahor is trying to harry the Chelsea defence into making a mistake as they swap passes.

Late challenge from Cleverley on Azpilicueta, and the referee plays the advantage before booking the Villa man.

This is very much all Chelsea in these first few minutes - foot on the ball, exchanging passes neatly.

Drogba just pushed over referee Neil Swarbrick. Many ironic cheers ensue.

Aly Cissokho is pushing up the left wing for Villa.

Azpilicueta is on the left and Drogba is demanding a ball from him that never comes.

Tom Cleverley makes his 100th appearance in the Premier League (79 Man United, 21 Aston Villa).

Chelsea kick off.

Some Villa huddling and Chelsea prepare to kick off.

The teams are lining up and Gabby Agbonlahor looks vaguely distressed already. Maybe he's just cold.

Well, on paper it seems unlikely that Villa will break that 11-hour goal duck today. But football is a bit odd, and this is a ground where Chelsea haven't done well in recent years. Will dropping Christian Benteke have the bizarre effect of triggering a Villa goalfest?

Incidentally, anyone else notice the misspelling of Carles Gil's name on the Villa team sheet? Oh, Villa.