Chelsea lineup vs. Man United: Predicted XI for Premier League top-five battle

Chelsea could beryllium without up to 7 players for Saturday’s Premier League clash with Manchester United astatine Stamford Bridge.

Trevoh Chalobah (ankle), Levi Colwill (knee), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (thigh), Filip Jorgensen (groin) and Mykhaylo Mudryk (doping ban) each stay unavailable for selection, portion skipper Reece James (hamstring) and Benoit Badiashile (illness) are some doubtful and volition beryllium assessed up of kickoff.

One subordinate who is acceptable to instrumentality is midfielder Enzo Fernandez aft serving a two-game nine suspension pursuing comments helium made implicit his Chelsea future. It remains to beryllium seen whether the Argentine volition beryllium thrown consecutive backmost into the starting lineup, though.

Moises Caicedo and Andrey Santos are some apt to clasp their places successful centre-midfield, and if Fernandez is recalled, past that could unit playmaker Cole Palmer to determination implicit to the close broadside of attack.

Pedro Neto, Estevao Willian and erstwhile Man United winger Alejandro Garnacho would truthful beryllium battling for the last wide spot successful Liam Rosenior’s archetypal XI, portion apical scorer Joao Pedro is expected to pb the line, arsenic helium aims to nett his 20th extremity of the play successful each competitions.

If James is not acceptable to return, Malo Gusto volition presumably proceed astatine right-back arsenic Marc Cucurella operates astatine left-back, portion Jorrel Hato volition anticipation to get the motion up of Tosin Adarabioyo and Mamadou Sarr to commencement alongside Wesley Fofana astatine centre-back, successful beforehand of goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.

Chelsea imaginable starting lineup: Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Hato, Cucurella; Caicedo, Santos; Palmer, Fernandez, Neto; Pedro

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