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Blues interim head coach Callum McFarlane makes six changes to the Chelsea starting XI ahead of tonight's premier league clash with Fulham   New Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior was appointed yesterday it is Calum McFarlane who oversees tonight's clash at Craven Cottage. Chelsea will be looking to build upon their hard earned draw away at Manchester City on Sunday.  Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez missed the draw on Sunday due to injury and returns to start in goal for tonight's West London derby at Craven Cottage. He is expected to be protected by a defence which consists of Malo Gusto, Tosin Adarabioyo, Trevoh Chalobah and Marc Cucurella.  There is a return back to the side for Moises Caicedo after the Ecuadorian served a one game suspension against Manchester City.  Caicedo is set to be partnered in midfield by Andrey Santos after the Brazilian's impressive second half outing on Sunday. There is a start for Cole Palmer once more along with the Blues goalscorer at t...

Blues boss Enzo Maresca has confirmed that he does not expect Jorrell Hato to be fit to face Bournemouth tomorrow however, expects Wesley Fofana to be in contention to feature after being an unused substitute in the defeat at home to Aston Villa last weekend.  Chelsea return to action at Stamford Bridge tomorrow evening and look to but the defeat over the weekend against Aston Villa behind them and return to winning ways as they host Bournemouth hoping to end 2025 with a win. The Blues will be without long term absentees Levi Colwill, Dario Essugo and Romeo Lavia for the visit of the Cherries, with Maresca predicting that Hato will be ready to return in time from the injury which he sustained during the half time warm up against Newcastle United.  When asked about Hato at his pre match press conference which took place on Saturday. Enzo Maresca said " For Bournemouth, no I don't think he will be ready." Though the Blues defeat against Aston Villa over the weekend was frus...

Blues shot stopper Robert Sanchez has kept the joint most clean sheets in premier league this season, ahead of the visit of Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge he explains why the Blues are doing so well defensively. Robert Sanchez has kept a clean sheet in 9 out of the Blues last 17 games in the 2025/26 season and is one clean sheet away from his Spanish compatriot David Raya's tally of 10 clean sheets recorded last season. Sanchez's good form in goal for the Blues was recognised most recently when he was named in the PFA premier league fans player of the month for November. However, the Spaniard acknowledges that it is a much collective effort when it comes to stopping the opposition from scoring. When asked about this Sanchez went onto state that when he and whichever 4 it was at the back, that whoever plays, it is important that they understand each others strengths and weaknesses and that they play to help each other in order to get the best performance possible.  Sanchez then ...

Blues boss Enzo Maresca makes four changes ahead of the Blues premier league game at home to Everton with a start for Cole Palmer  Chelsea will look to return to winning ways following their midweek defeat in the champions league away to Atalanta, with todays game against the Toffees kicking off at 3pm.  Cole Palmer comes into the side from the start as part of four changes with Alejandro Garnacho, Malo Gusto and Wesley Fofana set to be handed starts by Enzo Maresca.  The Blues start with Robert Sanchez in goal, with the Spaniard marshalled at the back four of Malo Gusto at right back, Marc Cucurella at left back  with a centre back pairing of Wesley Fofana and Trevoh Chalobah.  Skipper Reece James is partnered in midfield by Enzo Fernandez, with a three in front of them consisting of Pedro Neto on the right, Cole Palmer in the 10 and Alejandro Garnacho on the left with Joao Pedro leading the line. 

A goal in the final 10 minutes sees the Blues lose away to Atalanta in the champions league  A dejected Chelsea team walk off after suffering a 2-1 defeat away to Atalanta Chelsea had taken a lead midway through the first half with a goal from Joao Pedro however, Gianluca Scamacca equalised early for the hosts in the second half with Charles de Ketelaere in the final ten minutes striking a shot which deflected past Robert Sanchez to hand the hosts all three points.  Five changes Having left Cole Palmer out of the squad due to Chelsea wanting to manage his workload and Liam Delap being out with a dislocated shoulder injury, the Blues were always going to make changes and there were five changes made to the side which drew 0-0 away at Bournemouth.  There was a start for Benoit Badiashile in the heart of the Blues defence over Wesley Fofana and there was a start for Josh Acheampong with the youngster starting at right back.  The three game ban to Moises Caicedo does not...

If you can't win then don't lose says Blues shot-stopper  Blues goalkeeper Robert Sanchez recognised that Chelsea were not at their best at the Vitality stadium against Bournemouth however, Sanchez was able to take some satisfaction from keeping, with Alejandro Garnacho striking the post a clean sheet that he contributed heavily towards. It finished goalless at the Vitality stadium in a contest where the Cherries started the game out on top however, Chelsea grew into and looked to be favourites to win as the game went on.  Sanchez made some crucial stops particularly in the first half  with Alejandro Garnacho striking the post and former Blues goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic doing well to keep out an effort from Pedro Neto.  In the end both sides had to settle for a share of the points which Sanchez reflected on afterwards.  Watch some of   Robert Sanchez's  saves following Chelsea's 0-0 draw away at Bournemouth. The Spaniard said ' yes of course ther...

 Chelsea confirm the starting line-up ahead of todays top of the table clash against Arsenal  Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca makes one change ahead of a big London derby top of the table clash against Arsenal . Chelsea head into today's game off the back of a thoroughly dominant performance in the champions league on Tuesday dismantling Barcelona 3-0 in the champions league and are looking to clash the gap on league leaders Arsenal at the top of the table down to 3 points.  Robert Sanchez retains his spot in goal behind the same back four which started Tuesday's champions league game against Barcelona with Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella and Wesley Fofana starting against the Gunners.  Reece James partners Moises Caicedo in midfield with Enzo Fernandez pushing up further forward in the advanced central midfield role and is set to be joined on the flanks by Estevao Willian and Pedro Neto with Joao Pedro set to lead the line.  More good news for Blues fans ...

The Blues fine record at Turf Moor continues as goals from Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez settle a hard fought contest  There had been plenty of opportunities for Chelsea before the Portuguese winger met a superb delivery from Jamie Gittens with a diving header on 36 minutes with his third goal in his last five starts to put the Blues ahead.  Neto came close to a second shortly striking the woodwork on the hour, with Clarets goalkeeper Martin Dubravka saving from Gusto who came on as a sub with the Blues looking to put the game to bed in the first half. The hosts best chance was wasted by Zion Flemming and though they begun to apply some late pressure, Enzo Fernandez struck from close range with a couple of minutes remaining to secure victory for the Blues to put them up to second 3 points of leaders Arsenal securing a third straight victory in the league without conceding.  Team news  Making his 50th premier league game in charge of the Blues Enzo Maresca made four c...

 My first goal is only the start says Blues right back Malo Gusto  After reaching 98 appearances in a Blue shirt, it's fair to say that Malo Gusto was certainly most pleased to see his long awaited goal drought for his first Chelsea goal come to an end. However the French full back believes that that this is only the beginning as the Frenchman helped the Blues to a 3-0 win at home to Wolves.  Chelsea secured the three points thanks to three goals in the second half as they headed into the November international break with a spring in their step , and it was Gusto who broke the deadlock. Latching onto Alejandro Garnacho's lopping cross and heading the ball passed the oncoming Wolves goalkeeper, Gusto showed the intent of a striker wheeling away to celebrate with the Chelsea fans in the Matthew Harding lower end.  Elsewhere, in the second half for Chelsea Joao Pedro doubled the Blues advantage which his second goal in as many games, with Pedro Neto wrapping up the resu...

There was a surprise amongst the media to see the Blues training a day before their champions league clash at Qarabag, with a five hour flight awaiting the Chelsea players, however, Blues boss Enzo Maresca explains the logic behind the pre-game plan as the Blues look to secure 3 points in Azerbaijan. With their being a four hour time difference, comprised with a five hour flight time and a 5,000 mile road trip, the Blues journey to Azerbaijan always proving to be a logistical challenge for Maresca and his coaching staff , as they weave their way through plans for training and recovery around travelling.  The Blues head coach feels as though he has found the right balance with Chelsea set to remain on English time despite being in the view of the Caspian Sea. When giving supporters further clarity on the Blues travelling arrangements, Maresca detailed how he has been able to manage his squad ahead of the clash with the Azerbaijan side on Wednesday night.  Maresca went onto add ...

The blues make it 7 wins out of 8 in the premier league with a dominant display at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium ending with a deserved 1-0 win Joao Pedro with Chelsea's winner in a well deserved win at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium A dominant first half from the Blues saw them go a goal up at the break after some fine pressing from Moises Caicedo resulted in Joao Pedro getting the opener for the Blues. The game was a stroll in the park for the Blues who were rarely ever troubled by the hosts and could and should have added another in the second half, Pedro Neto forcing two saves from Guglielmo Vicario in the Tottenham goal in normal time, Jamie Gittens missed a glorious opportunity later and the Spurs shot stopper also produced a great save to deny Joao Pedro in injury time.  The blues in the end had to settle for a solitary goal however, this was enough to secure another victory over Tottenham to move the Blues into the top 4, level on points with Spurs who sit in third. Ten Chan...

  Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur meet in their tenth premier league fixture of the season with 3 points separating  the two sites in the table. Here are all of the vital pre-match facts and figures for the Blues ahead of tonight's London derby  Head to Head  The blues have won more league games at Spurs than they have lost winning 29 and losing 28 Spurs have won only one of their last 13 premier league games against the Blues ( 2 drawn and 10 defeats) their last victory against the Blues was a 2-0 win back in February 2023 Chelsea have won 5 out of the last 6 premier league games at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium with only one defeat, making this the most wins picked up by any visiting site at the ground since Spurs made the move in 2019. The Blues have won their last four premier league games against Spurs and are aiming for a fifth consecutive win, a feat last achieved between 2000 and 2002 with six consecutive wins. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scored eight goals in thos...

 Four brilliant goals give Blues victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in what turned out to be 7 goal thriller at Molineux Chelsea made a flying start in what turned out to be a cracker of a knockout tie at Molineux against Wolves in the 4th round of the Carabao Cup at Molineux. Andrey Santos got the Blues up and running and set them on their way. Things were to get even better for the Blues soon afterwards with a brilliant team move finished off by Tyrique George with Brazilian starboy Estavao Willian scoring an audacious chip to put the Blues 3-0 up at the break.  However, things were far from comfortable and straightforward for the Blues, A determined fightback from the west country outfit combined with a red card for the returning Liam Delap complicated matters as the home side threatened to take the game to penalties.  Thankfully Jamie Gittens tremendous strike in off the post spared the Blues blushes to restore the two goal cushion, meaning that even with the home s...

Chelsea make changes in goal, defence, midfield and attack ahead of tonight's fourth round Carabao cup tie against Wolves at Molineux Chelsea starting line-up to face Wolves in the Carabao Cup   Enzo Maresca makes wholesale changes by rotating the squad with Filip Jorgensen starting in goal with Tosin Adarabioyo, Malo Gusto and Jorrel Hato starting in defence. The trio are joined in defence by Josh Acheampong who is the only player to retain his place following Saturday's loss at home to Sunderland.  There is a strong expectation that Andrey Santos will partner Romeo Lavia in the midfield with Estavao Willian, Facundo Buoananotte and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens partnering Tyrique George in attack.  Tosin captains the blues for the first time on his 50th appearance for the club.  My score prediction for this game is Wolves 0-3 Chelsea  Let me know your score predictions in the comments below

Trevoh Chalobah cut a a visibly frustrated figure during the blues 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge to Sunderland bringing to an end the recent run of good form at home.  Trevoh Chalobah in action against Sunderland  The blues took an early lead at Stamford Bridge, however, the Black Cats got their equaliser midway through the first half before stealing the winner right at the death in injury time.  Chalobah said that the blues must learn from the first defat in 5, particularly with games coming thick and fast until the end of 2025.  He went onto add that "we needed to use the momentum built after scoring the first goal at home" "It was the great start the we needed and we wanted to attack more." We knew that we were going to come up against a team that were full of togetherness. They showed that from the start and tried to disrupt our game. In the first half we had our chances, in the second half we tried creating more chances to get ourselves back onto the front foot...

Blues away day trips to Elland Road and St James Park confirmed  Elland Road  The dates and the kick off times for the blues premier league away games against Leeds United and Newcastle United in December have been confirmed by the premier league. Chelsea begin the busy month of December by paying old foes Leeds United a visit at Elland Road as they renew their long standing rivalry.  The game was originally set to kick off at 8pm on Saturday 3rd December however, this has been altered to a slightly later kick off at 8.15pm with the game set to be broadcast live on Sky Sports. St James Park  Later on this month Enzo Maresca's blues pay a visit to St James Park to taken on Newcastle United. The game against the magpies is scheduled to take place on Saturday 20th December though the kick off time has been bought forward to 12:30pm with the game being broadcast on TNT Sports. 

 Chelsea are in Bucharest but not to face Romanian opposition  Both Chelsea and Atletico Madrid dropped points domestically ahead of this big first leg round of 16 tie in the champions league. Chelsea drew 1-1 at Southampton whilst Atletico Madrid were defeated 2-0 at home to mid-table side Levante, which was their second successive loss of the campaign. In Group A in the champions league Diego Simeone's side finished a distant second behind group winners Bayern Munich, winning two games before the competition took its winter beak. Chelsea, under former boss Frank Lampard, went unbeaten throughout Group E, securing three rare away wins as well as scoring the most goals on the road throughout the whole competition. Chelsea have scored twice as many goals as Atletico Madrid (14 compared to the Spanish side's 7).  Chelsea have also not lost an away game to Atletico Madrid, winning once and drawing twice. The last game in Spain for Chelsea was the 4-0 demolition of Sevilla, e...

Chelsea make four changes for tonight's Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid There is a return back to the defence for Andreas Christensen and Callum Hudson-Odoi also returns to the starting line-up at right wing-back.  N'Golo Kante is replaced in the midfield by Jorginho and in attack, Olivier Giroud replaces Tammy Abraham. There are places on the bench for both Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic, as is N'Golo Kante who could possibly make his 200th appearance tonight.  There is also a first appearance in the champions league this season for Marcos Alonso. Hosts Atletico Madrid make three changes to their team from the weekend. Missing out are the injured Yannick Carrasco, Jose Gimenez and Sime Vrsaljko all miss out. To replace them in come Felipe, Joao Felix and Thomas Lemar. Atletico are expected to line up in a 3-1-4-2 shape. For more articles on news relating to Chelsea Football Club please visit my twitter account  Link -  Follow Chelsea (@FollowChelsea4)...

Thomas Tuchel has provided an update on the fitness of four of his players ahead of Chelsea's game against Newcastle United on Monday night. Tuchel confirmed that Andreas Christensen who came of in the FA Cup game against Barnsley, has not suffered any lasting damage. Tuchel confirmed that was not concussion related at all but said that that the centre-back suffered from a headache and so was taken off. Another defender Thiago Silva would not recover in time to face with Tuchel saying he would hope for the Brazilian to return later on in the month.  Tuchel stated 'I'm not too certain about Thiago,' 'W are trying to get him back for Southampton and are trying hard so let's see but I am making no promises.' Meanwhile the two German summer signings Timo Werner and Kai Havertz both have contrasting chances of being involved. 'We have a couple of days and a few training sessions before the game ,' Tuchel added it should be okay for Timo to come back but t...

On a cold freezing night in Yorkshire, Chelsea had to wait until midway through the second half to find a way through a very spirited and resilient Barnsley side, however , a Tammy Abraham goal was enough to send Chelsea into the next round of the FA Cup, this was Chelsea's first success against Barnsley in the FA Cup following two previous defeats.  The most recent of those came back in 2008 when Chelsea then led by Avram Grant were knocked out at Oakwell however, this time though the only goal of the game went to Chelsea and was down to good combination play from three Chelsea academy graduates, with Tammy Abraham netting in from close range after quickness of thought from Billy Gilmour along with Reece James's pace and cross created the opening goal. Barnsley may well consider themselves unlucky not to have gone ahead in the goalless first half. Having started the better side, Barnsley wing-back Callum Brittain has his shot well saved early on by Kepa Arrizabalaga before see...