In tonight’s fixture against Fulham, Chelsea’s young talents Cole Palmer, Marc Cucurella, and Armando Broja have been given their first Premier League starts of the season. This lineup change comes as a result of the suspension of Nicolas Jackson, who has been replaced by Broja in the attack. This Albanian player has not started a match since November 2022, due to an ACL injury that kept him out of competitive action for over nine months.
Cole Palmer, who recently made his impressive full debut for Chelsea in the Carabao Cup against Brighton, has been rewarded with his first league start for the club. In order to accommodate Palmer in the starting lineup, Raheem Sterling has been benched, with Mykhailo Mudryk completing the front three.
Marc Cucurella has been brought in to fill the position of the suspended Malo Gusto at right-back. The rest of the back three remains unchanged from Chelsea’s last league game against Aston Villa eight days ago.
In midfield, Conor Gallagher, Enzo Fernandez, and Moises Caicedo will be responsible for controlling the middle of the pitch.
On the other side of the field, Fulham has made one change to their usual starting XI, with Harry Wilson replacing Bobby Decordova-Reid.
The confirmed starting lineup for Chelsea is as follows: Sanchez; Cucurella, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Gallagher (c), Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Broja, Mudryk. And on the bench, they have Petrovic, Brooking, Maatsen, Gilchrist, Matos, Ugochukwu, Madueke, Sterling, and Washington.
This article is based on information obtained from reliable sources.
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