Chelsea face West Ham at the London Stadium in just under an hour, and the teams are in!
After a rare full week off, Enzo Maresca has a pretty full team to choose from.
The significant absences at at right back, where we knew from yesterday’s press conference that both Reece James and Malo Gusto would be out.
As we’ve seen in the Conference League, Axel Diasi provides a less than convincing replacement down the right, so Maresca mixes things up. Wesley Fofana plays down the right and Tosin comes into the middle in a replication of what we saw towards the end of the Bournemouth game last week.
In midfield, we’ve been expectantly waiting for Romeo Lavia’s return after a strong start to the season. But he’s still not even on the bench. Pedro Neto drops out of the front line and is replaced by Jadon Sancho, making his first Chelsea start.
Here are the full team line-ups for West Han vs Chelsea (kick off at 12:30 GMT)
CHELSEA:
Our line-up for the early kick-off. 👊#CFC | #WHUCHE pic.twitter.com/PNhpCW5OYW
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) September 21, 2024
