Thomas Tuchel’s & co. will trip to East Midlands region to take on Brendan Rodgers’s Leicester at King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Blues
will be aiming of return to winning ways and consolidate their position on
league standings when face the Foxes in the Premier League this weekend.
Before
the break, the Blues ended their clash against Burnely in a disappointing
results, as they ended the matches with a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.
But
despite the result, Thomas Tuchel’s men still remains top on league standings
with 26 points, followed Manchester City with 23 points after 11 matches.
The Blues
focus now switch to mouthwatering clash against Leicester, who defeat Thomas
Tuchel’s men in FA Cup final last season.
And ahead
of crucial clash against the Foxes, Thomas Tuchel has a number of fitness
concerns to contend with still and sportarena is here to run you
through the latest.
Kai
Havertz
Kai Havertz, who has
been deployed as a false nine during the absence of Romelu Lukaku, struggling
with a thigh problem in recent weeks.
But the German star
made returned to action Armenia, and was netted a fantastic goal during this
clash. The Blues attacking midfielder could available for selection against
Leicester City this weekend.
Romelu
Lukaku
The powerful frontman
has missed Chelsea’s last five matches in all competitions but it appears he
may not be far away from a return to work.
On Monday afternoon,
the Belgian star shared a picture of himself back in training, but he likely to
miss this weekend’s clash against Leicester City.
Mason
Mount
The Englishman, who
suffered pain from infected wisdom teeth, draw from the England camp, and
missed the Three Lions last two World Cup qualifying match.
However, the
playmaker made returned to Cobham, trained with the rest of Thomas Tuchel’s
squad in recent days, and there’s possiblity for him to feature against
Leicester City this weekend.
Christian Pulisic
The USA skipper who
struggled in term of match fitness after recovering from his injury problem two
weeks ago, is expected to make big impact when Chelsea face Leicester this
weekend.
The 22-year-old
attacking midfielder, who netted a fantastic goal in USA 2-1 win over Mexico in
the World Cup qualifying match last weekend, appeared to be gain his fitness
ahead of return to Stamford Bridge this week.
Timo Werner and Mateo Kovacic
Timo Werner and Mateo
Kovacic could miss this weekend’s clash against Leicester as pair continue
recovering from their injuries problem.
Werner limped off the
pitch in the home match with Malmo with what appeared to be a hamstring injury
and is yet to return while Kovacic picked up a knock in training ahead of the
Newcastle match.
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