Tielemans wants Aston Villa to improve in the table

The 26th round of the 2024/25 Premier League will usher in a focus match, and Aston Villa will host the "Blue Lions" Chelsea at home. Tielemans said that he and the team hope to rank higher in the standings and aim to win all 3 points at home.

In the 29th round of the Premier League earlier, Aston Villa tied Liverpool 2-2 at home after Tielemans and Watkins scored. Currently, Aston Villa ranks 9th in the standings with 39 points, 5 points behind Manchester City, which is 4th, and still has a chance to qualify for the Champions League.

Talking about the previous focus game against Liverpool, Aston Villa midfielder Tielemans said, "We performed very well against Liverpool, but now we have to win the game and hope to do this in the next few games. There were several games where we could have locked the victory before losing the ball or anything happened, but in the end we failed to do so."

“It’s good to be unbeaten at home but we’d rather win games and get more points from these games.”

In addition, Chelsea, coached by Maresca, is currently ranked 6th in the standings with 43 points. In terms of head-to-head record, Aston Villa has only achieved 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in the past 5 matches against Chelsea.

Tielemans continued, "Chelsea has been performing well, has many good players and has achieved some very impressive results. But we are playing at home and are eager to win the game to narrow the points gap with them and strive for a higher ranking."

“These are the games we want to win, the games we have to win, and hopefully we can do that.”