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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 13:50 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 2: We're off again...

[2 April 2016 13:51 · Charles Reynolds]

GOAL! Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 3 - PedroWell that was quick! Lovely goal from Chelsea as Pato and Oscar combine brilliantly down the left, Oscar eventually finding Pedro who smartly tucks the ball away. Game over.

[2 April 2016 14:15 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 4: Jack Grealish is on for Villa and already looks bright, the home side not getting anywhere really though. 

[2 April 2016 14:20 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 4: Pedro going off for Chelsea, no hat trick for him. Jake Clarke-Salter comes on for his debut.

[2 April 2016 14:28 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 4: Just over ten minutes remaining can Villa get a consolation goal? At the moment they can't even win a corner, the referee signalling goal kick wrongly. 

[2 April 2016 14:29 · Charles Reynolds]

Pedro scored twice for Chelsea 

[2 April 2016 14:30 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 4: RED CARD - Alan Hutton - that's a second yellow for the Scotsman, seems a bit harsh.

[2 April 2016 14:33 · Charles Reynolds]

 

Nick Miller

@NickMiller79

Surprised it's taken this long for Villa to reach the 'just running around & hoofing everyone in the air' stage.

2:32 PM - 02 Apr 2016

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[2 April 2016 14:36 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 4: Three minutes to be added on, Michael Owen names Pedro as man of the match.

[2 April 2016 14:39 · Charles Reynolds]

FULL TIMEAston Villa 0 Chelsea 4 - that's the final whistle, the referee puts Villa out of their misery.