Team News: Fulham vs. Chelsea injury, suspension list, predicted XIs

sportsmole.co.uk, 11 January 2023, 20:00
Sitting three places higher than their esteemed counterparts in the standings, Fulham welcome Chelsea to Craven Cottage for Thursday's Premier League West London derby.

The Cottagers progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup by beating Hull City 2-0 last time out, while the Blues were thumped 4-0 by Manchester City, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.

FULHAM vs. CHELSEA

FULHAM

Out: Aleksandar Mitrovic (suspended), Neeskens Kebano (Achilles)

Doubtful: Shane Duffy (illness)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Leno; Tete, Ream, Adarabioyo, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; De Cordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian; Vinicius

CHELSEA

Out: Edouard Mendy (finger), N'Golo Kante (hamstring), Wesley Fofana (knee), Reece James (knee), Armando Broja (knee), Raheem Sterling (hamstring), Christian Pulisic (knee)

Doubtful: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (back), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (calf), Ben Chilwell (thigh)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Koulibaly, Silva, Cucurella; Kovacic, Zakaria, Jorginho; Ziyech, Havertz, Mount

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

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