Chelsea injury, suspension news and return dates vs. Bournemouth: Madueke, Fofana, Badiashile

Fresh from snapping a four-game winless sequence, Chelsea endeavour to get backmost connected way successful the Premier League erstwhile they quadrate up to Bournemouth astatine Stamford Bridge connected Tuesday evening.

Enzo Maresca's men returned to triumphant ways with a 5-0 hammering of Morecambe successful the FA Cup 3rd circular connected Saturday, slaughtering the Shrimps acknowledgment to efforts from Joao Felix (2), Tosin Adarabioyo (2) and Christopher Nkunku.

However, the Blues person fallen abbreviated successful each of their past 4 Premier League contests, astir precocious being held to a 1-1 gully by London rivals Crystal Palace to autumn 10 points down leaders Liverpool - who inactive person a crippled successful manus - successful the top-flight table.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up Chelsea's wounded and suspension quality up of the sojourn of Bournemouth, who demolished West Bromwich Albion 5-1 successful cupful enactment astatine the weekend.

Noni Madueke

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Status: Major doubt
Type of injury: Illness
Possible instrumentality date: January 14 (vs. Bournemouth)

Noni Madueke was a astonishment absentee from the matchday squad against Morecambe, but Maresca revealed post-match that the winger was suffering from an illness, making him a uncertainty for Tuesday's necktie arsenic well.

Wesley Fofana

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Status: Out
Type of injury: Hamstring
Possible instrumentality date: Unknown

Wesley Fofana and Maresca have clashed implicit the former's betterment time from a hamstring injury, arsenic the Chelsea brag expects him to miss the remainder of the season, portion the defender is targeting a instrumentality successful March. Either way, helium volition not beryllium disposable for the sojourn of the Cherries.

Benoit Badiashile

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Status: Out
Type of injury: Thigh
Possible instrumentality date: February 14 (vs. Brighton & Hove Albion)

Fellow defender Benoit Badiashile sustained a thigh occupation successful grooming past month, and Maresca has conceded that the erstwhile Monaco antheral volition beryllium absent until February.

Omari Kellyman

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Status: Out
Type of injury: Hamstring
Possible instrumentality date: Unknown

Summer signing Omari Kellyman is yet to marque his Blues bow owed to a superior hamstring injury, and determination has inactive been nary update connected erstwhile the fledgling playmaker mightiness beryllium considered for enactment again.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

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Status: Out
Type of injury: Unspecified
Possible instrumentality date: Unknown

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has been nursing an unspecified wounded since Christmas and is not expected to beryllium progressive successful Tuesday's game, though the midfielder would not person pushed for a starting spot either way.

CHELSEA'S SUSPENSION LIST

Mykhaylo Mudryk

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Possible instrumentality date: Unknown

Ukrainian winger Mykhaylo Mudryk is presently serving a provisional doping prohibition aft investigating affirmative for meldonium; the subordinate has been publically supported by his manager but volition stay unavailable for enactment for the foreseeable future.

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