Football analysis: Aston Villa vs. Chelsea

Since it's raining and I'm stuck at home, I shall give you all some football analysis. This weekend's big match is none other than third placed Aston Villa vs fourth placed Chelsea. Chelsea have been rocked with numerous problems recently and with the new coach, Guus Hiddink, in charge of his first game today, the players will surely want to prove to him that who is better

Chelsea should keep things simple and play the traditional 4-4-2 formation. Forget about 4-3-3 which would either make Didier Drogba or Nicolas Anelka unhappy as one of them gets to play while the other does not. Put both of them together in front as the centre forwards with the wingers providing ammunition from the flanks

Ricardo Quaresma should start since the Blues do not have much options on the wing. I would put him on the right where he can send deep crosses or cut into the penalty box and shoot using the trivela technique which he specializes in. On the left, it would be Michael Ballack since he can fit into any position of the midfield. Florent Malouda does not deserve to play even though he is more of a natural winger and operates with his left foot. He is a complete pale shadow of his form when he was in Lyon and I think Khairul Amri is better than him

Frank Lampard and John Obi Mikel will take up the central midfield positions with the latter protecting the back four and Lampard as the playmaker. The back four would be Branislav Ivanović as left back for the suspended Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa on the right and John Terry and Alex will fill in the centre. Goalkeeper is Petr Čech of course

On the other side, Villa have the invincible Ashley Young who crosses with pin-point accuracy. With two big fellows, Emile Heskey and John Carew, as strikers waiting in the penalty box, Terry and Co. will have a busy day defending. Not to mention Gabriel Agbonlahor, the rising star of England, who has formed a successful strike partnership with the big Carew

Who else is worth noticing from the Villa squad. There is James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov and the almost Liverpool player, Gareth Barry. With so many stars from both teams, it will be interesting to see who wins. My pick? It will be a 1:1 stalemate with Chelsea scoring first thanks to Lampard before Villa equalize through Agbonlahor