Chelsea missing 9 players vs. Liverpool as Enzo Maresca confirms injuries

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Chelsea are set to be without nine players for the visit of Liverpool on Saturday, with head coach Enzo Maresca confirming the club’s injury situation. Maresca spoke to journalists on Friday morning and, per Football.London‘s Bobby Vincent, revealed there was currently no timeframe on Palmer’s return to the side.

There were also doubts over both Moises Caicedo and Joao Pedro in the lead up to Chelsea‘s 1-0 victory over Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday, but the former played 90 minutes and the latter came on for half an hour. Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti did however omit Pedro from his squad for the upcoming international break as he is “not 100 percent fit.” If he is not able to start against Liverpool it could mean Maresca will turn to the inexperienced Marc Guiu, of whom he said: “Marc is working well this week.

“But for sure he’s going to get minutes with us and he’s going to play games.” Possible Chelsea XI: Sanchez; James, Badiashile, Acheampong, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Estevao, Buonanotte, Neto; Pedro Chelsea’s shaky recent form Chelsea suffered their first home league defeat of the calendar year last Saturday after a run of 12 undefeated – nine wins, three draws. They have now not won in their last three league games since a 2-0 home win over Fulham, and their clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Benfica on Tuesday was their first in six matches.