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  Chelsea look to make it four wins in a row, three in the league, and five games unbeaten overall in all competitions. We’ve kept back-to-back-to-back clean sheets in what seems like forever, so let’s keep stacking those as well alongside the wins. Enzo Maresca makes all the expected changes from midweek, rotating the starting lineup back to the first-choice players.  Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Sánchez | Cucurella, Colwill, Fofana, Gusto | Enzo (c), Caicedo | Sancho, Palmer, Madueke | Jackson Substitutes from: Jörgensen, Disasi, Tosin, Veiga, Lavia, Neto, Mudryk, Félix, Nkunku Brighton & Hove Albion starting XI: Verbruggen | Webster, Dunk (c), Georginio, Welbeck, Baleba, Mitoma, Kadioglu, Wieffer, Estupiñán, Hinshelwood Substitutes from: Steele, Lamptey, Igor Julio, Enciso, Moder, Minter, Ayari, Ferguson, Samuels. CLICK BELOW TO WATCH LIVE:

Chelsea Women take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park this evening....  The Blues began their season with a victory over Aston Villa, while the Eagles suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur in their opening WSL match. The hosts are making their debut in the Women's Super League after securing promotion from the Championship last season. The Eagles claimed the top spot by winning 14 games, drawing four, and losing only four out of 22, finishing just one point ahead of runners-up Charlton Athletic in the second-tier last time out. After 12 remarkable years under Emma Hayes, Chelsea ushered in the Sonia Bompastor era with a hard-fought win over Aston Villa at Kingsmeadow. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd unleashed a brilliant left-footed strike to open the scoring, and Hannah Hampton made crucial late saves to secure a tight 1-0 victory as Chelsea began their title defence. CLICK BELOW to WATCH LIVE: 

Liverpool are the reigning champions of the competition following an extra time victory over Chelsea themselves at Wembley last term, so new boss Enzo Maresca will be hoping to go one better and land his first trophy at the club. The Blues have started the season in decent form, sitting fifth in the Premier League after three wins from five - but they’ll be looking to do a bit of a demolition job on Barrow this evening, even if Maresca fields a rotated side. Barrow are top of League Two, so in decent form themselves, but there’s quite the gap between the sides in financial and sporting comparisons and they’ll face a massive task to produce a giant-killing at Stamford Bridge, with the likes of Tosin Adarabioyo, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Joao Felix all potentially playing. Per team news, here's how Chelsea line up: OFFICIAL: Chelsea XI to face Barrow in the Carabao cup: Jorgensen; Gusto, Disasi, Badiashile, Veiga; Casadei, Dewsbury-Hall; Neto, Felix, Mudryk; Nkunku Bench: Bettinelli,...

  Liverpool are the reigning champions of the competition following an extra time victory over Chelsea themselves at Wembley last term, so new boss Enzo Maresca will be hoping to go one better and land his first trophy at the club. The Blues have started the season in decent form, sitting fifth in the Premier League after three wins from five - but they’ll be looking to do a bit of a demolition job on Barrow this evening, even if Maresca fields a rotated side. Barrow are top of League Two, so in decent form themselves, but there’s quite the gap between the sides in financial and sporting comparisons and they’ll face a massive task to produce a giant-killing at Stamford Bridge, with the likes of Tosin Adarabioyo, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Joao Felix all potentially playing. Per team news, here's how Chelsea line up: OFFICIAL: Chelsea XI to face Barrow in the Carabao cup: Jorgensen; Gusto, Disasi, Badiashile, Veiga; Casadei, Dewsbury-Hall; Neto, Felix, Mudryk; Nkunku Bench: Bettinell...

 Chelsea•Post Match•News Mohammed Kudus has praised one Chelsea star following the Blues' 3-0 win against West Ham United.   Jackson opened the scoring early on when West Ham defending, described as "criminal" by Michael Dawson on  Soccer Saturday,  allowed him to beat Alphonse Areola on the angle having exchanged passes with Jadon Sancho and carried the ball forward unopposed. Julen Lopetegui's side completely switched off again soon afterwards, leaving Moises Caicedo free to send Jackson cantering through on goal for a coolly-taken second. West Ham tried to muster a response and were contentiously denied a penalty when VAR ruled Wesley Fofana's pull on Crysencio Summerville not to be "sustained holding". But any hopes of a recovery were dashed straight after half-time when Chelsea carved through West Ham yet again, with Jackson this time turning provider to set up Cole Palmer for an emphatic finish following a rapid counter-attack. Mohammed Kudus who w...

  West Ham United   host   Chelsea  in Saturday’s early   Premier League   kick off with the aim of moving up the table after a middling start to the season. The Hammers’ only win of the campaign came against Crystal Palace back in August and they drew 1-1 with Fulham last time out. Manager Julen Lopetegui is attempting to build a more progressive and attacking side and will have been impressed with their early performances despite results not exactly falling their way. Today’s opponents are Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea. Currently eighth in the table, the Blues are running hot and cold with a 6-2 mauling of Wolves followed up by a 2-0 defeat at home to Man City. Three points today will likely take them into the top four but there are questions for Maresca to answer over his best starting line-up with Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson fighting to lead the line. TEAM NEWS:  Chelsea XI to face West Ham: Sanchez, Fofana, Adarabioyo, Colwill, ...

  Enzo Maresca has been told to start one Chelsea star against West Ham United.   Chelsea return to Premier League action on Saturday Evening at the London Sta.dium when they take on West Ham United.  Per team news, Enzo Maresca confirmed duo Enzo Fernandez and Kiernan Dewsbury Hall who had missed the previous clash would be back in action with the team. However,  Enzo Maresca has been told to start Tosin Adarabioyo against West Ham United. Tosin Adarabioyo impressed when he came on as a substitute for Axel Disasi in the second half and c onsidering Fofana’s less-than-impressive performances in recent games, there is a good case for starting Adarabioyo. The  match against Bournemouth marked Adarabioyo’s first league game after being an unused substitute in Chelsea’s opening three matches of the season. In August, he had already played two full games in the UEFA Conference League against Servette FC. With the game still hanging in the balance, Chelsea manage...

  Chelsea  face  Aston Villa  at Kingsmeadow on Friday night as the reigning champions kick-start the 2024/25 season in the  Women’s Super League .   The game will mark the first competitive match in charge for new Chelsea manager  Sonia Bompastor , who reached the Women’s Champions League final with Lyon last season. She replaces  Emma Hayes  on the back of yet another title-winning campaign. TEAM NEWS: Chelsea XI: Hampton; Bronze, Bright, Buchanan, Lawrence; Cuthbert, Nusken; Reiten, Baltimore, Kaneryd; Ramirez Aston Villa XI: D’Angelo; Maritz, Patten, Parker, Tomas; Nobbs, Staniforth, Grant; Kearns, Dali; Daly Lucy Bronze makes Chelsea debut as Bompastor takes charge of first game CLICK BELOW TO WATCH LIVE:

Chelsea  face  Aston Villa  at Kingsmeadow on Friday night as the reigning champions kick-start the 2024/25 season in the  Women’s Super League .   The game will mark the first competitive match in charge for new Chelsea manager  Sonia Bompastor , who reached the Women’s Champions League final with Lyon last season. She replaces  Emma Hayes  on the back of yet another title-winning campaign. TEAM NEWS: Chelsea XI: Hampton; Bronze, Bright, Buchanan, Lawrence; Cuthbert, Nusken; Reiten, Baltimore, Kaneryd; Ramirez Aston Villa XI: D’Angelo; Maritz, Patten, Parker, Tomas; Nobbs, Staniforth, Grant; Kearns, Dali; Daly Lucy Bronze makes Chelsea debut as Bompastor takes charge of first game CLICK BELOW TO WATCH LIVE:

  Chelsea Legend John Terry has called for defender Renato Veiga to be given more minutes under Enzo Maresca.  The Portuguese starlet was particularly impressive following Saturday's win against Bournemouth.   🇵🇹🔥 | 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐕𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐚 (𝟐𝟏𝐲) vs @afcbournemouth 🍒 - 89% Pass Accuracy - 100% Successful Take-Ons (3/3) - 6/8 Ground Duels Won - 1/2 Aerial Duels Won - 2/3 Successful Long Balls - 3 Tackles - 1 Interception Top performance on his 1st Premier League start. Underrated. Renato Veiga vs Bournemouth  It was just his first Premier League start for the Blues and Legend John Terry has praised the defender while calling for Enzo Maresca to give him more starts.  "Veiga is an incredibly talented player. He has an amazing attitude.  He does everything correctly and performs so well every day. I believe he has a strong chance. “I am anticipating great things from [Renato Veiga] and, hopefully, more Premier League action as the season progres...

 C helsea•News•Opinion Premier League referee Anthony Taylor was in the centre of the action as Chelsea beat AFC Bournemouth 1-0 on the South Coast.  In the game which saw Anthony Taylor in charge of officiating,   Chelsea and AFC Bournemouth have broken the record for the most yellow cards recorded in a single Premier League game. Between the two sides, 14 yellow cards were dished out by   referee Anthony Taylor . Eight of these bookings were dished out to the Blues as Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Nicolas Jackson, Levi Colwill,   Jadon Sancho , Renato Veiga and   Joao Felix   all received cautions. Manager  Enzo Maresca  was also given a booking in what transpired to be an incident-prone evening. However, Taylor will find himself firmly under the spotlight for his refereeing with many supporters in agreement that the game was not an overly ill-tempered affair. Last season, Taylor was demoted to the Championship after h...