Crystal Palace vs Chelsea: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injuries
Having rung the changes for their trip to Portman Road, Maresca is likely to return to his first-choice starting lineup for today’s fixture.
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Attackers such as Christopher Nkunku and Joao Felix were given a rare chance to impress from the start but could now make way as Nicolas Jackson and Jadon Sancho return to the fold.
In midfield, Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo are expected to continue, with Keirnan Dewsbury-Hall and Romeo Lavia still recovering from their respective injuries.
Dewsbury-Hall will miss today’s encounter but Lavia could play a part from the bench after Maresca confirmed on Friday that the Belgian had begun training with the first team again.
Defensively, Malo Gusto could come back into the side for Axel Disasi at right-back but there was more bad news at centre-back regarding the injuries to Benoit Badiashille and Wesley Fofana.
Filip Jorgensen started just his second league game in goal for Chelsea against Ipswich, but first-choice Robert Sanchez may well return in net for today’s fixture.
Perhaps the only positive news from Chelsea’s loss to Ipswich was the return of Reece James to the matchday squad for the first time since mid-November.
The club captain did not come off the bench as he continues his rehabilitation from his latest hamstring injury and Maresca was optimistic that he could get some minutes later on today.
‘In the last game, he was with us in the squad but the plan was not to give him minutes,’ he said. ‘Tomorrow we can give him minutes. Hopefully he can get minutes very soon.’
Sanchez, Gusto, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Neto, Palmer, Sancho, Jackson
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace kicks off at 3pm on Saturday, January 4.
However, viewers in the United Kingdom will not be able to watch today’s game live on TV or via a live stream due to the 3pm football blackout rule.
Source: metro.co.uk
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