Enzo Maresca has rung the changes for Chelsea’s trip to Southampton.
Most notably, Nicolas Jackson gets a rest with Christopher Nkunku and Joao Felix given an opportunity to start.
Elsewhere, an injury to Wesley Fofana looked like Levi Colwill was due a new centre-back partner but the Englishman also also been droped with Axel Disasi and Tosin Adarabioyo getting the nod.
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Noni Madueke will likely come back into the side after being benched against Villa.
Malo Gusto starts, while Maresca continues to be cautious with Romeo Lavia’s workload by benching the Belgian and pushing Moises Caicedo back into midfield.
Reece James is still facing “weeks” out of action with a hamstring injury.
Confirmed team news
Chelsea XI: Jorgensen, Gusto, Disasi, Adarabioyo, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernández, Madueke, Palmer, Felix, Nkunku
Subs: Sanchez, Badiashile, Colwill, Veiga, Dewsbury-Hall, Lavia, Neto, Jackson, Sancho
Southampton XI: Lumley, Walker-Peters, Bree, Stephens, Wood, Manning, Fraser, Aribo, Fernandes, Armstrong, Archer
Subs: McCarthy, Edwards, Sugawara, Taylor, Sulemana, Cornet, Amo-Ameyaw, O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Brereton Díaz
Injured: Fofana, James
Time and date: 7:30pm GMT tonight on Wednesday December 4, 2024
Venue: St Mary’s Stadium
TV channel and live stream: Amazon Prime Video
