West Brom V Chelsea - Preview and possible line-ups

Matt Morley 6 years ago 7.5k
Conte has no fresh injury concerns ahead of the game. EFE

We take a look ahead to Saturday's Premier League game between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea at the Hawthorns.

West Brom: Tony Pulis will be without midfielders James Morrison and Nacer Chadli, with the former having undergone achilles surgery and the latter having picked up a hip problem on international duty with Belgium. Defender Craig Dawson will also miss the game due to a knee injury.

Chelsea: David Luiz returns to the squad after being dropped for the defeat to Manchester Unnited before the international break. Michy Batshuayi (ankle), Charly Musonda (knee) and Victor Moses (hamstring) will all miss the game, though Danny Drinkwater and Gary Cahill are available once again after recovering from calf and back problems respectively.

Did you know?

West Brom have lost 16 of their last 22 games against Chelsea.

The match will be Antonio Conte's 50th Premier League game in charge of 'The Blues'.

Form:

Possible line-ups:

West Brom: Foster, Hegazi, McAuley, Evans, Nyom, Livermore, Krychowiak, Barry, Gibbs, Rondon, Rodriguez.

Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill, Zappacosta, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso, Hazard, Morata.

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