Chelsea today welcome three players back for the visit of Fulham, with Ben Chilwell, Benoit Badiashile and Carney Chukwuemeka making progress.
The trio are all in full training and have been passed fit for places on the bench.
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Their fitness will be carefully managed, with Badiashile potentially able to play more minutes after only missing the last two weeks.
Christopher Nkunku, Reece James, Robert Sanchez, Marc Cucurella, Wesley Fofana, Lesley Ugochukwu, Romeo Lavia and Trevoh Chalobah are out injured.
Nicolas Jackson is at the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal.
Chelsea, though, still have limited options with at least nine players ruled out of a west London derby which the Blues must win after losing away at Middlesbrough in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.
Djordje Petrovic will be the goalkeeper in front of a back four likely featuring Malo Gusto, Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva and Levi Colwill.
Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo and Conor Gallagher will continue in central midfield. Wingers Cole Palmer and Raheem Sterling flank Armando Broja ith Noni Madueke and Mykhailo Mudryk on the bench.
Confirmed team news
Chelsea XI: Petrovic; Gusto, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill; Caicedo, Fernandez; Palmer, Gallagher, Sterling; Broja
Subs: Bettinelli, Bergstrom, Badiashile, Gilchrist, Chilwell, Chukwuemeka, Madueke, Mudryk, Washington
Fulham XI: Leno; Tete, Adarabioyo, Diop, Robinson; Joao Palhinha, Cairney; Wilson, Andreas Pereira, Willian, Jimenez
Subs: Rodak, Reed, Ream, De Cordova-Reid, Castagne, Lukic, Vinicius, Francois, Rodrigo Muniz
Doubts: Chilwell, Badiashile, Chukwuemeka
Injuries: Nkunku, Chalobah, Cucurella, Sanchez, James, Fofana, Ugochukwu, Lavia
Unavailable: Jackson (AFCON)
Time and date: 12.30pm GMT on Saturday, January 13, 2024
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London
TV channel: TNT Sports
