Chelsea XI vs Leicester – Predicted lineup and team news

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·23 de novembro de 2024

Chelsea XI vs Leicester – Predicted lineup and team news

Enzo Maresca makes his first return to Leicester as Chelsea take on the Foxes at the King Power Stadium this weekend.

Maresca led Leicester to promotion to the Premier League last season before departing to take charge at Chelsea. He has enhanced his reputation since moving to West London with Chelsea third in the Premier League table heading into the weekend’s games.

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Leicester, now under the management of Steve Cooper, are 15th, three points above the relegation places.

Chelsea XI vs Leicester – Predicted lineup and team news

Chelsea team news

Maresca confirmed on Thursday that Reece James is unavailable for this weekend’s game after the Chelsea captain suffered a fresh injury setback. The right-back has been plagued by problems in recent seasons.

“It’s a hamstring, muscular problem. We will see, we don’t know for how long, for sure [we want him fit for longer]. At the moment it is not happening but we hope it will happen soon,” Maresca said at his pre-match press conference.

Reece James will miss Chelsea’s game this weekend with a new injury. His injury history with the club: Games played: 162 Games missed: 129 Injuries: 20 😐
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“He is out this weekend but hopefully he can be back soon. It’s probably difficult that he can be available for the Conference League [next Thursday], but hopefully soon.”

James aside, Chelsea have an almost clean bill of health with Wesley Fofana and Malo Gusto expected to be passed fit to feature. Decisions will be made on Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez after long travel to South America during the international break.

Cole Palmer and Levi Colwill are available despite withdrawing from the England squad this month.