Chelsea visits Southampton FC in midweek for a match-up that epitomizes "opposite ends of the table." The Blues and Saints are two clubs headed in opposite directions as Southampton won promotion back to the Premier League for this season, but look destined to head right back down to the Championship. Currently, they sit dead last in the league. Meanwhile Chelsea seemed to … [Read more...] about Chelsea Starting XI Prediction at Southampton FC
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Chelsea at Southampton FC Team News: Fofana, Ugochukwu, Smallbone, Lallana
Chelsea visits Southampton FC in midweek for a matchup of two sides with player absentee situations that are as polar opposite as it gets. Wesley Fofana is Chelsea's newest fitness concern, as he's set to miss about four-to-six weeks with a hamstring injury. However, it is just Fofana and Reece James (also a hamstring problem) who are in the Chelsea infirmary right now. When … [Read more...] about Chelsea at Southampton FC Team News: Fofana, Ugochukwu, Smallbone, Lallana
Chelsea FC Team News at Leicester City: Fofana, Gusto, Palmer, Sancho, Lavia
International breaks can certainly be cruel to a specific club, and if you're Chelsea FC, you're obviously disheartened by the update issued from the France Football Federation. Four players withdrew from the Les Bleus squad, and two of them were Blues: Malo Gusto and Wesley Fofana. "The defender underwent a medical examination upon arrival at Clairefontaine, France's … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Team News at Leicester City: Fofana, Gusto, Palmer, Sancho, Lavia
Chelsea FC Starting XI Prediction at Panathinaikos (Conference League)
Chelsea are headed to the City of the Violet Crown, the glorious city, the cradle of Western civilization- Athens Greece on Thursday night. Up next is a UEFA Europa Conference League clash at Panathinaikos, and it's a match that will see manager Enzo Maresca so some squad rotation. That said, the Blues are in it to win, looking to build added positive momentum after handling … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Starting XI Prediction at Panathinaikos (Conference League)
Chelsea Team News at Panathinaikos (UECL): Palmer, Lavia, Fofana
Coming out of the tough loss to Liverpool, at the weekend, Chelsea FC do not have any new injury concerns heading into the midweek Conference League clash at Panathinaikos. However, the likes of Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana will all miss out on Thursday night, because they were all left out of the squad for the league stage for UEFA's third tier competition. … [Read more...] about Chelsea Team News at Panathinaikos (UECL): Palmer, Lavia, Fofana
Chelsea FC Starting XI Prediction at Liverpool FC
No question what the headliner fixture is this weekend in English football. No, make that world football. Liverpool FC hosts Chelsea in a matchup of two big six clubs with Premier League title aspirations. Yes, Chelsea too. Now their squad is much more close to being fully fit, they have indeed been in fine form and they're just four points behind the league leaders, which … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Starting XI Prediction at Liverpool FC
Chelsea FC Team News at Liverpool: Reece James, Marc Cucurella, Wesley Fofana
In the words of early '80s pop sensation Captain Sensible, "said Captain, said what!" Chelsea FC team captain Reece James is now FINALLY fit enough to make a match day squad for this season. Blues boss Enzo Maresca has made it official, James is in line to make his season debut Sunday at Liverpool. "He's available, yeah, finally he's back," Maresca said at his Friday news … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Team News at Liverpool: Reece James, Marc Cucurella, Wesley Fofana
Chelsea FC Injury Updates: Reece James, Romeo Lavia, Wesley Fofana
We're back with another edition of Chelsea FC Injury updates. For the first portion, go here. And of course, if you want to see where Chelsea are going this summer on their preseason tour, click here and here. Now let's get into the latest on Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia and Lesley Ugochukwu. We start with the right back who often wears the captain's armband, when … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Injury Updates: Reece James, Romeo Lavia, Wesley Fofana
Chelsea FC Injury Updates: James, Cucurella, Ugochukwu
Chelsea bested the Craven Cottagers, in a Fulham Road derby Premier League fixture on the weekend. Now we'll see if this leads to some consistency or not. In a week from today, they'll take on Middlesbrough in an EFL Cup semifinal tie second leg. They are down 0-1 to the Bro on aggregate from the first leg. In the meantime, let's go through that very long Chelsea injury list, … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Injury Updates: James, Cucurella, Ugochukwu
Chelsea FC Injury Updates: Nkunku, Lavia, Sanchez, Fofana
Chelsea accomplished a pretty nice win over Fulham, in the southwest London derby, this past weekend, and maybe that will start to generate some positive momentum for them. Up next is the second leg of their EFL Cup semifinal tie with Middlesbrough, which will occur one week from today. In the meantime, let's go through that long Blues injury list, in two separate posts. We'll … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Injury Updates: Nkunku, Lavia, Sanchez, Fofana