Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea face Ispwich Town on Monday after the Blues won one of their last three Premier League games (with one draw and one defeat), and are now ten points behind leaders Liverpool. The home side are facing a difficult start to the season and sit in 19th place with just 12 points and two wins in the Premier League so far. Here’s what you need to know:
How to watch and odds
- Date: Monday December 30 | Time: 2:45 p.m. ET
- Location: Portman Road — Ispwich, England
- Live broadcast: Peacock
- Odds: Ispwich +650; Draw +380; Chelsea-260
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Scenarios
Ispwich: Manager McKenna must deal with injuries to Chiedozie Ogbene and George Hirst who will be unavailable on Monday, while Massimo Luongo missed the latest away defeat to Arsenal, and he is also likely to miss the clash against Chelsea on Monday .
Possible Ispwich XI: Muric; O’Shea, Greaves, Burgess, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Chaplin, Hutchinson, Szmodics; Delap.
Chelsea: Coach Enzo Maresca is expected to rotate some of his players while Ukrainian winger Mykhaylo Mudryk remains suspended after failing a drugs test and is currently awaiting the second test.
Chelsea possible XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Enzo, Caicedo; Madueke, Palmer, João Félix; Nkunku.
Prediction
Chelsea need to get back on track and the game against Ispwich is the perfect opportunity to do just that. Take: Chelsea 2, Ispwich 1.
