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On Wednesday, Chelsea will play Crystal Palace, a rival London team. Both teams are in desperate need of three crucial points.
On the eve of Christmas, the Blues lost 2-1 against Wolves, giving Mauricio Pochettino a miserable start to his holiday season.
Chelsea is currently 10th in the Premier League standings after only collecting six points from their previous five games.
Crystal Palace has been putting in a strong performance; they last triumphed over Burnley at the beginning of November.
Last Thursday at Selhurst Park, Danny Welbeck gave fierce rivals Brighton a point late in the game, denying the Eagles their first win in nearly two months.
Team news
In a disappointing season, Poch will be missing two bright spots: Cole Palmer and Raheem Sterling, who each received their fifth yellow card of the year at Molineux, will serve suspensions.
To assist heal their creative wounds, the Chelsea manager might decide to start Christopher Nkunku.
Both Robert Sanchez and Reece James are out, and Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez, who play in the middle of the field, are questionable.
Roy Hodgson had the opportunity to get Palace’s shot stopper Sam Johnstone back from a calf problem.
Eberechi Eze, a dynamic midfielder, might go back into the starting lineup in the meantime.