Leicester vs Chelsea: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injuries

Cole Palmer is expected to commencement for Chelsea arsenic they instrumentality to Premier League enactment against Leicester City this afternoon.

Both Palmer and Levi Colwill withdrew from England work past week, missing last Nations League games against Greece and Republic of Ireland. Palmer was connected the receiving extremity of a nasty situation from Lisandro Martinez precocious connected against Manchester United connected 5 November, missing grooming starring up to the gully with Arsenal past clip out.

While helium played the afloat 90 minutes astatine the Gunners, the crippled passed Palmer by and the midfielder did not look comfy arsenic helium near the transportation that afternoon.

While determination volition beryllium last fittingness checks this morning, some Palmer and Colwill trained this week and are expected to commencement connected Saturday.

There was much wounded vexation for Reece James, however. The Blues skipper volition not beryllium risked contiguous having picked up a caller hamstring contented successful grooming this week.

Romeo Lavia meantime was forced disconnected against Arsenal, later confirming helium had picked up a ‘little knock’.

While helium was selected for the Belgium squad, helium did not diagnostic successful games against Italy and Israel with Belgium brag Domenico Tedesco confirming helium was inactive struggling with a hamstring injury.

Lavia is simply a uncertainty for the crippled against the Foxes with Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo expected to betterment their concern successful midfield contempt some both making the agelong travel backmost to the superior aft planetary work successful South America.

Malo Gusto was different forced disconnected precocious connected against Arsenal, withdrawing from the France Under-21 squad arsenic a result. The right-back missed 2 games successful akin circumstances successful September but Gusto was besides among the players pictured backmost successful grooming astatine the commencement of the week.

His countryman Wesley Fofana was besides successful that radical contempt wounded fears past week. Named successful the elder France squad, the centre-half withdrew aft ‘experiencing symptom successful his near knee’.

After missing implicit a twelvemonth of action, Chelsea person been cautiously managing his fittingness but the show of him connected the grooming transportation this week bodes good for the travel to his erstwhile club.

Jadon Sancho meantime is expected to beryllium disposable having not featured since being hooked astatine half-time against Liverpool astatine the extremity of October. The winger has battled wounded and unwellness successful caller weeks.

Enzo Maresca returns to the King Power Stadium for the archetypal clip since starring the Foxes backmost to the Premier League past season.

The Blues starting XI has been a reasonably settled 1 successful the Premier League with Maresca making sweeping changes to the broadside for European and cupful games – a concern that is reportedly frustrating Christopher Nkunku.

Predicted Chelsea XI to look Leicester

Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Madueke, Palmer, Neto, Jackson

Where to ticker Leicester City vs Chelsea? Kick-off clip and TV channel

Leicester vs Chelsea kicks disconnected astatine 12:30pm connected Saturday 23 November.

The lucifer volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate with a unrecorded watercourse disposable connected the Discovery+ app for TNT subscribers.

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