Chelsea vs Crystal Palace – Team News

Chelsea face Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge in just under an hour, and the teams are in!

There are 5 changes for Mauricio Pochettino’s battered and bruised Blues, starting at the back where Benoit Badiashile comes into the team.

He plays alongside Axel Disasi in the middle, with Malo Gusto and Levi Colwill at full back.

In midfield, Enzo Fernandez isn’t fit to return but Moises Caicedo does, playing alongside Conor Gallagher with Cole Palmer and Lesley Ugochukwu dropping out.

Up front, Nicolas Jackson is supported by Mykhailo Mudryk and Ian Maatsen out wide, plus a first start for the man himself, Christopher Nkunku.

Of course that lineup could mean a change to a back 5 with Maatsen at left wing back, but Pochettino has been reluctant to change shape, and in preseason was more inclined to just use Maatsen as a winger anyway.

Here are the full team line-ups for Chelsea vs Crystal Palace (kick off at 19:30 GMT)

CHELSEA: