Southamptonvs.Chelsea

sportsmole.co.uk, 3 December 2024, 19:30

Chelsea will make the trip to the South Coast to face bottom-of-the-table Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday.

Enzo Maresca's men are up in third, only being denied second place due to alphabetical order, given their identical record to Arsenal, following a 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday.

SOUTHAMPTON vs. CHELSEA

SOUTHAMPTON

Out: Taylor Harwood-Bellis (suspended), Tyler Dibling (suspended), Flynn Downes (suspended), Lesley Ugochukwu (ineligible), Jan Bednarek (knee), Adam Lallana (thigh), Aaron Ramsdale (finger), Gavin Bazunu (Achilles)

Doubtful: Will Smallbone (thigh), Paul Onuachu (knock), Ross Stewart (thigh)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Lumley; Sugawara, Walker-Peters, Wood, Stephens, Manning; Fraser, Aribo, Mateus Fernandes, Armstrong; Archer

CHELSEA

Out: Wesley Fofana (hamstring), Reece James (hamstring), Omari Kellyman (hamstring)

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Enzo; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson

For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here. Written by

Andrew Delaney

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Aaron Ramsdale
Adam Lallana
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Cucurella
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Palmer
Paul Onuachu
Peter
Premier League
Reece James
Ross Stewart
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Taylor Harwood-Bellis
Tyler
Tyler Dibling
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Wesley Fofana
Will Smallbone

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