Chelsea are without both Reece James and Romeo Lavia for today’s Premier League clash with Crystal Palace.
Blues captain James has yet to play this term after suffering a fresh hamstring issue during pre-season and manager Enzo Maresca said before Thursday night’s shock 2-1 defeat by Servette in the second leg of their Conference League play-off tie - for which he was initially registered in the squad - that he was not expected back until after the upcoming international break.
