Chelsea host Bournemouth inside Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea the Premier League on Tuesday nighttime Chelsea Chelsea after limping into the World Cup-hiatus in woeful shape.
Graham Potter’s Blues misplaced Chelsea their final 3 pre-tournament video games with out scoring a aim. The club’s maximum latest Premier League victory came during the quick window when Liz Truss became high minister.
Bournemouth signed off the first act of the season with a short-fireplace pair of victories towards Everton after a droop of 4 successive defeats. Gary O’Neil changed into appointed permanent head teach during the hiatus – after Chelsea eight weeks as interim manager – however lost his complete debut inside the Carabao Cup against Newcastle final Tuesday.
Here’s the entirety you want to understand approximately the meeting among this pair.
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The World Cup hiatus became speculated to be an possibility for Potter to get better his unwell stars. Reece James and Carney Chukwuemeka are in rivalry to function towards Bournemouth however both Wesley Fofana and Armando Broja sustained knee injuries at some stage in iciness friendlies.
Doubts linger over Ben Chelsea Chilwell as he nears a go back from a thigh problem – a trouble place that’s anticipated to sideline N’Golo Kante until February.
Kepa Arrizabalaga and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are creeping returned closer to aggressive action following foot and calf issues Chelsea respectively.
Croatia’s Mateo Kovacic and Morocco’s Hakim Chelsea Ziyech faced off in the third-region playoff which befell ten days earlier than Tuesday’s top-flight fixture, leaving Chelsea little room for healing.
Chelsea Starting Chelsea 11 (three-4-3): Arrizabalaga; Chalobah, Silva, Koulibaly; James, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Cucurella; Mount, Aubameyang, Sterling.
Bench: Mendy, Bettinelli, Azpilicueta, Havertz, Chelsea Pulisic, Zakaria, Gallagher, Hall, Hutchinson.Bournemouth team information
O’Neil described the days leading up to Bournemouth’s Carabao Cup defeat towards Newcastle on Tuesday as “a tough week” after losing as many as ten players to a virulent disease. With seven days between the cup tie and journey to Stamford Bridge, it Chelsea stays to be seen how many gamers can get better in Chelsea time.
Jefferson Lerma, Ryan Fredericks and Marcus Tavernier are believed to be a part of this sickly cabal.
Neither goalkeeper Neto nor captain Lloyd Kelly were to be had for the cup tie towards the Magpies despite the fact that both again from damage to participate in the membership’s heat-weather training camp. David Brooks has Chelsea also gotten back out on the grass in the course of the low season.Bournemouth expected lineup vs Chelsea
Bournemouth Starting 11 (4-4-2): Travers; Smith, Mepham, Senesi, Zemura; Christie, Billing, Cook, Anthony; Solanke, Moore.
Bench: Sadi, Plain, Hill, Greenwood, Stacey, Emiliano, Dembele, Lowe, Adu-Adjei.
Theoretically, Chelsea are heavy favourites as the home Chelsea crew against freshly promoted opposition. However, the Blues are only five factors above Bournemouth – the identical tally which separates Chelsea and Manchester United in fifth.
Potter has had some quick respite from the mountain of fits which plagued his opening weeks at the helm however 12 of his first-crew players had been in Qatar. Bournemouth most effective had two internationals on the World Cup but were dealt their own dollop of disruption with this virus.
Whoever turns out for Chelsea need to have sufficient to overcome a depleted Bournemouth side however there were few guarantees with the Blues this season.
Prediction: Chelsea 2-1 Bournemouth