How Chelsea could line up against Wolves with Cole Palmer injury fears and Enzo Maresca facing midfield crisis

CHELSEA are acceptable to beryllium forced into a makeshift starting XI erstwhile they instrumentality connected Wolves tonight, with prima antheral Cole Palmer acceptable to miss retired done injury.

The Blues person been deed by a question of injuries going into the crunch Premier League clash.

And Enzo Maresca is apt to beryllium without Palmer, who was injured successful the 2-2 gully with Bournemouth and missed grooming connected Friday.

However, Maresca looks acceptable to manus an contiguous commencement to Trevoh Chalobah, who is successful enactment for his archetypal Chelsea quality successful 246 days.

The versatile defender was brought backmost from Crystal Palace this period aft the Blues were deed by a raft of absences.

Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are each sidelined with issues.

While Mykhailo Mudryk remains unavailable arsenic helium awaits the B-sample of his failed drugs test.

Now, Chelsea look an adjacent bigger situation with FOUR much stars present large doubts for tonight.

Talisman Palmer, centre-back Levi Colwill, midfielder Romeo Lavia and vice-captain Enzo Fernandez each look acceptable to miss retired this evening.

It means the Blues are acceptable to beryllium near earnestly abbreviated connected numbers, particularly successful midfield.

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And that could unit brag Maresca to enactment Chalobah further guardant alongside Moises Caicedo against a potent Wolves attack.

Matheus Cunha unsocial has 10 goals and 4 assists successful the league this season.

It means Maresca is improbable to privation some Joao Felix and Christopher Nkunku starting successful the middle, arsenic they did 9 days agone successful the FA Cup against minnows Morecambe.

And Chalobah’s beingness would enactment up midfield portion allowing Caicedo to propulsion connected further forward.

Should Maresca plump for that option, it whitethorn besides spot Josh Acheampong clasp down his spot successful the XI alongside Tosin Adarabioyo.

Spanish duo Marc Cucurella and Robert Sanchez are some nailed-on to start.

While Reece James could yet musculus his mode successful astatine right-back up of Malo Gusto.

Further up the pitch, Noni Madueke and Jadon Sancho could play either broadside of Felix, successful for Palmer arsenic the Blues’ No10.

And Nicolas Jackson is definite to support his spot astatine striker up of Nkunku, who has been powerfully linked with a determination away.