{"id":5990,"date":"2025-08-30T02:58:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T02:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/chelsea-team-news-predict-xi-vs-fulham-as-a-replacement-for-cole-palmer-football-sports\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T02:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T02:58:54","slug":"chelsea-team-news-predict-xi-vs-fulham-as-a-replacement-for-cole-palmer-football-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/chelsea-team-news-predict-xi-vs-fulham-as-a-replacement-for-cole-palmer-football-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Team News: Predict XI vs. Fulham as a replacement for Cole Palmer | Football | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Enzo Maresca will make some big decisions when he chooses his Chelsea side to face his local rival Fulham. West Londoners need to find a solution without Cole Palmer, who is still recovering from gro caliber injuries. He is considering returning to fitness with an international break after being removed from the England team announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>That means Chelsea missed Starman in the middle for the second week in a row. They did well against West Ham, with Joao Pedro performing in the creative role behind the lonely striker. It is still unclear whether Maresca will adopt the same solution or whether he will try something different to Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>Express Sports will see how Chelsea can line up in today&#8217;s game&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Goalkeeper &#8211; Sanchez<\/h3>\n<p>Robert Sanchez has started with both Chelsea opening league fixtures, and there is nothing to suggest that it will change against Fulham. He made a lot of attention-grabbing mistakes last season, but this time he&#8217;s only been admitted once.<\/p>\n<p>The former Brighton Stopper is hoping for the second clean sheet of the campaign against Fulham, who scored twice in many games.<\/p>\n<h3>Defense &#8211; James, Toshin, Charoba, Kukurera<\/h3>\n<p>With Reece James and Malo Gusto off to the start, it can be done right back. In the middle, it appears that Tosin Adarabioyo and Trevo Charova will likely rekindle their partnership with Josh Acheamapon among their replacements.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Kuklera, who is said to be trapped in a contract extension at Stamford Bridge, will need to retain his normal location on the left.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Midfield &#8211; Kaiseko, Fernandez, Pedro<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s midfield essentially chooses itself by ensuring that Moises Kayseko and Enzo Fernandez are pretty much starting. Going further, it appears that Pedro could once again replace Palmer as the main creative outlet.<\/p>\n<p>This change works incrediblely in West Ham, and there is no reason to deviate from the winning formula against Fulham.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Attacks &#8211; Neto, Gittens, Delap<\/h3>\n<p>Pedro Neto could be deployed on his right flank to help Chelsea deal with the furious pace of Fulham&#8217;s dangerous man Antony Robinson. This allows Jamie Gittens to play on the left and compensate for his poor debut against Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>The obvious choice up front is Liam Dellup, set to exclude Nicholas Jackson from the team entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Predictions Chelsea XI vs Fulham (4-2-3-1) &#8211; Sanchez. James, Toshin, Charoba, Kukurera. Kaiseko, Fernandez. Neto, Pedro, Gittens; Delap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/2102143\/Chelsea-team-news-Predicted-XI-Fulham-Cole-Palmer\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enzo Maresca will make some big decisions when he chooses his Chelsea side to face his local rival Fulham. West Londoners need to find a solution without Cole Palmer, who is still recovering from gro caliber injuries. 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