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Stoke City's manager Mark Hughes gestures on the touchline during the match between Chelsea and Stoke City at Stamford Bridge (AFP/Getty)

Stoke will hope a victory against Swansea can spur on their faint hopes of an astonishing top four finish, with the Potters just five points behind fourth-placed Manchester City having played a game more, while Swansea will be looking to move clear of the relegation battle at the bottom.

• Jack Butland to miss rest of the season after fracturing ankle on international duty
• Jonathan Walters also ruled out after operation on knee cartilage injury
• Geoff Cameron and Glenn Whelan face late fitness tests, but Erick Pieters should play
• Xherdan Shaqiri, Ryan Shawcross, Marc Wilson and Glen Johnson miss out
• Andre Ayew has not recovered from an ankle injury
• Jefferson Montero and Modou Barrow face fitness tests

Teams:

Stoke City: Haugaard, Bardsley, Cameron, Wollscheid, Pieters, Whelan, Imbula, Arnautovic, Bojan, Afelay, Joselu

Subs: Given, Muniesa, Ireland, Adam, Diouf, Crouch, Choulay

Swansea City: Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams, Naughton, Britton, Fer, Cork, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Gomis.

Subs: Nordfeldt, Amat, Taylor, Ki Sung-Yueng, Montero, Emnes, Paloschi

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Today’s fixtures:

Aston Villa vs Chelsea – 12:45

Arsenal vs Watford – 15:00

Bournemouth vs Manchester City – 15:00

Norwich City vs Newcastle United – 15:00

Stoke City vs Swansea – 15:00

Sunderland vs West Bromwich Albion – 15:00

West Ham vs Crystal Palace – 15:00

Liverpool vs Tottenham – 17:30

[2 April 2016 13:17 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1: Then again maybe not, Villa come close as Baba makes a bit of a meal of clearing the ball and nearly causes an equaliser. 

[2 April 2016 13:17 · Charles Reynolds]

 

OptaJoe

@OptaJoe

0 - Aston Villa have not won a Premier League game this season after conceding first (D4 L19 before today). Uphill.

1:17 PM - 02 Apr 2016

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[2 April 2016 13:20 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1: Free kick to Villa outside the area but Courtois easily saves Ayew's effort. 

[2 April 2016 13:27 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1: Chelsea launch a lovely counter attack that ends when Kenedy's attempts to buy a cheap free kick are turned down. Then Ayew comes close of Villa, but his placed effort is just wide of the far post. Five minutes or so left in the half.

[2 April 2016 13:31 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1: Ooof, Loftus-Cheek comes close to a second, nearly curling a low shot into the corner of the net, but it's just wide.

[2 April 2016 13:32 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1: PENALTY TO CHELSEA. Pato brought down by Sissokho 

[2 April 2016 13:33 · Charles Reynolds]

GOAL! Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 2 - Pato [pen]

[2 April 2016 13:34 · Charles Reynolds]

HALF TIMEAston Villa 0 Chelsea 2

[2 April 2016 13:42 · Charles Reynolds]

Loftus-Cheek scores the opening goal 

[2 April 2016 13:49 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 2: Players coming out for the second half, Oscar coming on for Chelsea, Kenedy going off.