Chelsea are without three first-team starters for their Premier League London derby at Crystal Palace this afternoon, which will see Graham Potter oversee his first match in charge.
N’Golo Kante, Edouard Mendy and Marc Cucurella have all been ruled out. The former two are both back in training but still recuperating from respective hamstring and knee injurie so sare too far away from sharpness to feature at Selhurst Park.
Cucurella has been struck down with an unspecified illness, along with fellow summer signing Carney Chukwuemeka who will also miss the Palace clash for the same reason.
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Kepa Arrizabalaga subsequently gets the nod in goal, with Mateo Kovacic joining Jorginho in what looks to be a midfield three with Mason Mount. Ben Chilwell takes take up the left-back role.
Kai Havertz and Raheem Sterling support Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in a front three.
The trip will be Potter’s first Premier League match in charge as manager, almost a month after his appointment, due to postponements around the Queen’s death and the following international break.
Chelsea XI: Kepa, James, Fofana, Silva, Chilwell, Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount, Havertz, Aubameyang, Sterling
Subs: Bettinelli, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Koulibaly, Gallagher, Loftus-Cheek, Pulisic, Ziyech, Broja
