Date :Saturday 3rd October,2020
Time: 12:30pm
Stadium Stamford Bridge
Referee Michael Oliver (England)
Goal Scorer:
Team News:
Chelsea
Mendy is expected to make his Premier League debut after immediately being given the gloves ahead of Kepa Arrizabalaga and Willy Caballero in midweek.
Werner was unable to take a penalty in the shootout due to cramp, raising a slight question mark over his fitness for this game five days later, but he is expected to recover in time to start once again.
Lampard has confirmed that Christian Pulisic will be in the squad for this match but will not start as he continues to work his way back up to full fitness.
The match comes too soon for Hakim Ziyech, though, with the new arrival expected to be in contention for his debut after the upcoming international break.
Billy Gilmour remains a long-term absentee, while Marcos Alonso is not expected to be involved after being hooked at half time against West Brom - allegedly following a furious row with Lampard.
Alonso, Antonio Rudiger and Ruben Loftus-Cheek have all been linked with moves away in the coming days, so all three could be overlooked again here.
Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Mendy; James, Christensen, Thiago Silva, Chilwell; Kante, Kovacic; Mount, Havertz, Werner; Abraham
Chelsea Premier League form: WLD
Chelsea form (all competitions): WLWDL
Crystal Palace
As for Palace, they remain short of defensive options with Gary Cahill, James Tomkins, Patrick van Aanholt and Nathan Ferguson among those on a lengthy list of absentees - although they are all now back in training.
Michy Batshuayi is unable to face his parent club and so Wilfried Zaha and Jordan Ayew are expected to start up front together again.
Jeffrey Schlupp is still out after picking up a muscle strain last weekend, which should mean another start for Eberechi Eze.
Saturday's match is also expected to come too soon for Scott Dann and Connor Wickham.
Crystal Palace possible starting lineup:
Guaita; Ward, Kouyate, Sakho, Mitchell; Townsend, McCarthy, McArthur, Eze; Ayew, Zaha
Crystal Palace Premier League form: WWL
Crystal Palace form (all competitions): WLWL
Prediction: Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace
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