Chelsea will look to make it four consecutive wins on Saturday when they welcome relegation-threatened Everton to Stamford Bridge.
The Blues have enjoyed an up-turn in form in the past fortnight with victories over Leeds United, Borussia Dortmund and Leicester City. Graham Potter has somewhat lifted a significant amount of pressure after finding himself as the favourite to be sacked following the London derby loss to Tottenham.
Coincidentally, Chelsea's turnaround in form has coincided with the return of a number of key players. Reece James, Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana and Raheem Sterling have all returned this month and played key roles in recent wins.
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Despite the much-needed return of many of Potter's key players, they remain without several regular starters. Mason Mount, N'Golo Kante, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Thiago Silva - as well as Sterling and James - all missed the win over Leicester City last weekend.
"Reece has been ill, he hasn't trained, so he won't make the game," the Chelsea head coach said before the 3-1 win.
"Raheem has a feeling in his hamstring, more tight than anything, so he's a doubt. Aubameyang has a slight problem with his back, so he won't make it.
"Mason’s had a problem with his lower abdomen area, the bone, so he’ll miss the game tomorrow," Potter said last week. "We hope it won’t be too long but tomorrow will be too soon."
Ahead of this week's game with Everton, Chelsea were handed a major boost with the return of James, Mount and Edouard Mendy to training this week. A return to Leicester for Kante was doomed too soon by Potter, with the Blues boss insisting the club were aiming for Everton.
The French midfielder has not featured for the Blues since the 2-2 draw with Tottenham. His presence in midfielde has been temporarily filled by club-record arrival Enzo Fernandez but a return to action this weekend would be a huge boost.
In James' circumstance, the right-back was named in Gareth Southgate's England squad for the upcoming international break. The Cobham graduate missed out on a place on the plane to Qatar due to his injury but his selection could mean he is available to feature at the weekend.
Ceasr Azpilicueta has been overcoming the concussion suffered against Southampton and Armando Broja is out until at least the start of next season with knee ligament damage, while Thiago Silva has also been ruled out until after the international break.
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