🗣️ Enzo Maresca ahead of Bournemouth [H] in the Premier League:

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“For Bournemouth, no, I don’t think [Jorrel Hato] will be ready to feature.

Maresca also confirmed that Wesley Fofana was unused against Aston Villa solely to ‘manage his fitness condition’.

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡:

“We will need to see how they are. Then we will need to decide [if they face Bournemouth].

“Reece is doing very well, no matter which position he is playing, he is helping a lot. After the effort against Aston Villa, we will have to see how he is for Bournemouth. But again, we are happy that he is fit.’

💪 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧:

“Absolutely - very important. It becomes very important to finish the year in the best way. It will be another tough game because they are all the same, but we need to win games as soon as possible.”

(Via Chelsea FC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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Our 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 lineup for tonight’s match against Bournemouth [H] in the Premier League.

✍️ by Tommy Quinto

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬:

— Marc Cucurella is a doubt after feeling his hamstring during Aston Villa.

— Jorrel Hato is unavailable due to an injury suffered at half-time against Newcastle.

— Romeo Lavia remains out due to a quad injury.

— Levi Colwill is out with a long-term injury.

— Dario Essugo remains unavailable after an injury setback in training.

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Our XI to face Bournemouth. 📋

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