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CHELSEA
Chelsea a stunning comeback 1-4 down at home to Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday to draw 4-4 in a sensational match.
Frank Lampard will be forced into at least one change as deferred Jorginho here so fit-again Kante must return to Kovacic partners.
Mount took a knock and he is a doubt for this game that Hudson-Odoi could replace him while Emerson had to come at left back.
Predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Emerson; Kovacic, Kante; Willian, Pulisic, Hudson-Odoi; Abraham
Not available: Van Ginkel (Hurt), Loftus-Cheek (Hurt), Rudiger (Hurt), Jorginho (Suspended)
Doubtful: Barkley (Injured), Mountain (Injured)
CRYSTAL PALACE
Palace have been taken just one point from their last three but they have had a tough run of games against Man City, Arsenal and Leicester.
Roy Hodgson has a series of injury problems ahead of this match as Townsend, Kouyate, Cahill and McArthur all carrying knocks.
Townsend will be hoping to pass fitness tests to come back to Schlupp while other injury doubts should release their punches.
Predicted line-up (4-5-1): Guaita; Ward, Cahill, Tomkins, Van Aanholt; Schlupp, McArthur, Milivojevic, Kouyate, Zaha; Ayew
Not available: Sakho (Injured), Wickham (Injured)
Doubtful: Townsend (Injured), Kouyate (Hurt), Cahill (Hurt), McArthur (Injured)
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace
England - Premier League
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2019
Kick-off at 12:30 UK / 13:30 CET
Venue: Stamford Bridge (London).
Prediction
It's hard to come back against Chelsea, because they perform well in terms of results and the underlying performance metrics. They will probably finish in the top four and they deserve tremendous credit for the given phase of transition that they are in. However, the form at Stamford Bridge was worried. Crystal Palace are set perfectly to thwart them and nick something on the break. That said, the home team should have enough to get the three points.
Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace
