Nigeria midfielder, John Mikel Obi, who played the last six minutes in last week’s Chelsea victory over Brown Ideye’s West Brom is back on the bench for the fourth weeks as the English Champions take on Crystal Palace in their first London derby of the season.
His compatriot, Victor Moses is not considered good enough to make the team. Moses, who nursed a minor injury at the start of the season is yet to be listed in any of Chelsea matches for the season.
There is one change to the side that began the win at West Brom, with Gary Cahill coming in for suspended John Terry.
There are however two new faces on the Blues bench with Baba Rahman and Kenedy included for the first time.In midfield, Cesc Fabregas plays the 250th Premier League game of his career. Pedro makes his home debut.For Palace, fit-again Connor Wickham comes in up front for Glenn Murray.
Chelsea are expected to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation:Courtois; Ivanovic (c), Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Matic; Pedro, Willian, Hazard; Diego Costa.
Subs: Begovic, Baba, Loftus-Cheek, Mikel, Kenedy, Falcao, Remy .Palace are expected to line-up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation:McCarthy; Ward, Dann, Delaney (c), Souare; McArthur, Cabaye; Zaha, Puncheon, Sako; Wickham.Subs: Hennessey, Mariappa, Ledley, Lee, Mutch, Bolasie, Gayle.
The referee is Craig Pawson.
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