Chelsea vs Crystal Palace: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup, injuries

Chelsea take on Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge this afternoon as they look to make it two wins on the bounce in the Premier League.

After his stunning hat-trick against Wolves last time out, Noni Madueke was handed his first senior England call-up on Wednesday.

He will hope to continue what has been a fine week with a starting role today– although the 22-year-old did play an hour as the Blues narrowly avoided a European embarrassment against Servette on Thursday.

Christopher Nkunku, on the score sheet from the penalty spot again in that game, played the full 90, suggesting he may be among the subs when his side kick off against the Eagles.

Neither Joao Felix and Pedro Neto were involved in the midweek clash and could be considered for starting roles.

Wesley Fofana meanwhile was also among those who didn’t feature in Switzerland and is expected to come back into the side and partner Levi Colwill.

Romeo Lavia missed last weekend’s 6-2 victory and did not travel with the Blues squad for that Europa Conference play-off having picked up a minor hamstring injury.