Chelsea remain undefeated on the season, and they’ll look to keep that status when they head to the Turf Moor on Sunday. The Blues come into this one third place in the table, just two points of the pace of league leaders Manchester City and Liverpool.
Burnley, who finished surprisingly high last term and almost procured a Europa League berth, have been somewhat disappointing this season, only acquiring eight points from their first nine matches. They currently reside in 13th place.
Chelsea will be sweating on the fitness of their all world player, Eden Hazard, in this clash. The Belgian missed the Thursday night win over BATE Borisov in the Europa League due to a back issue, but Blues boss Maurizio Sarri remains hopeful that the 27-year-old will be fit enough to feature.
Let’s take a look at who else might be in the Chelsea first team with him (we’re predicting Hazard passes his late fitness test this weekend)
The Bank Chelsea FC Starting XI Prediction vs Burnley FC
Forwards: Eden Hazard, Alvaro Morata, Pedro
Midfielders: N’Golo Kante, Jorginho, Ross Barkley
Defenders: Marcos Alonso, David Luiz, Antonio Rudiger, Cesar Azpilicueta
Goalkeeper: Kepa Arrizabalaga
Chelsea FC vs Burnley FC FYIs
Odds: Chelsea 5/6, Draw 4/1, Burnley 21/2
Kickoff: 1:30 PM BST Sunday October 28
Injury Report for both teams: go to this link
Prediction: Chelsea 3, Burnley 1
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