Chelsea and Aston Villa shared the same points on the EPL table but the Blues tops them with goal difference. Chelsea have a pattern to win matches with solid game plan by Enzo Maresca and with him, I trust Chelsea to end up top four this season. While Aston Villa having Unai Emery, one of the most effective coach in England, he's acquainted with the fact that elite clubs doesn't scare him, always hang in the balance to exert more meaningful results for his team. Looking at their performance, these clubs have upgraded to be better versions and we know how desperate they're for accumulating points this season. There'd actually one thing for sure, Chelsea and Aston Villa are not title contenders, they just aim at ending top four this season, it's quite open and straight for everyone to understand this scenario.
At the moment it is difficult to say who will be a title contender and who will not, the first top 5 teams are quite close and have every chance to change their position before the end of the season. In addition, to say that Aston Villa has an advantage only because they have Emery would be wrong, because we do not know how good Moresca will be in the Premier League. Of course, Emery did a great job with Aston Villa and now it seems to me that they look better than Chelsea, but with Moresca Chelsea began to progress very well, so the whole fight is still ahead.