The weekend’s 1-1 tie between Chelsea and West Ham marked the Blues’ third straight Premier League encounter without a victory. Joao Felix put Graham Potter’s club ahead, but Emeron Palmieri scored for the Hammers to force overtime.
The Blues, however, had to shift their focus to Wednesday’s Champions League matchaway against Borussia Dortmund in Germany. There’s no doubt that the blues will have a tough time in this game, but they still need to give it their all to win so that they can take some momentum into the rematch.
With that in mind, this piece will examine the most up-to-date injury reports at Stamford Bridge after the Blues before of this critical matchup.
Four of our top players have resumed full training in time for this game:
1. Kalidou Koulibaly
The Chelsea defender, who was sick on Sunday and couldn’t play against West Ham, returned to training today. Badiashile, who is not in the UCL squad, is likely to be replaced by him.
2. Mateo Kovacic
Since Kovacic’s return to training, he has participated in intensive training today, suggesting that he will almost probably play in this game after being held out of the match against West Ham for resting purposes.
3. Denis Zakaria
Zakaria has been training today, so he should be ready to play in this pivotal match.
4. Wesley Fofana
Since Wesley Fofaba showed up to today’s training session in full force, he has made progress in his training. He’s been cleared to suit up for this must-win contest.
Other people that have been injured and are still sidelined are as follows:
1. Edouard Mendy
The Senegalese goalkeeper is still recovering from finger surgery and will not travel with the team to face Dortmund on Wednesday.
2. N’Golo Kante
Kante is doing some light exercise on his own again and is making progress in his recuperation. It looks like he won’t be able to make it to the game.
3. Raheem Sterling
Sterling missed Saturday’s game against West Ham after receiving a minor training-ground knee injury. He will probably not play on Wednesday.
4. Benoit Badiashile
The impressive Chelsea defender will be sitting this one out after being left out of the team’s Champions League roster.
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