Chelsea have continued to struggle with injuries to key players throughout the start of the new season, most notably to N'Golo Kante and Edouard Mendy.
Graham Potter's first weeks in charge at the Blues has been tricky with postponements causing havoc to the fixture schedule, along with the recent international break seeing players from his squad travel away with their countries. After nearly a month without a Premier League match, it has given Potter plenty of time to work with his new players on the training ground and assess his options ahead of his first domestic match in charge as Chelsea boss.
The absence of fixtures against the likes of Liverpool and Fulham have allowed unfit members of the squad to close in on a return to action against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday. Both Kante and Mendy were ruled out of the Champions League draw against RB Salzburg after sustaining knocks prior to Potter's arrival as Thomas Tuchel's replacement.
