Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Predicted Line-ups – Conte Receives Major Boost, Erdal Rakip Hoping For Debut

Chelsea take on Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on Saturday hoping to return to winning ways after defeats against Manchester United and City.

The Blues do not have the best record against Palace and have lost their last two league games against the South London based outfit.

The Eagles have actually won their last two league games at Stamford Bridge.

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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte was given a major boost heading into the clash as N’Golo Kante is set to return for Chelsea, having missed out last weekend.

Conte is however, without David Luiz, Ross Barkley and Ethan Ampadu.

Palace manager Roy Hodgson is facing an injury crisis heading into the clash with Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Yohan Cabaye, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jason Puncheon, Bakary Sako, Connor Wickham and Julian Speroni all still sidelined.

Benfica loanee Erdal Rakip will be hoping to make his debut for the visitors.

Rakip is of Macedonian-Turkish descent and is eligible to represent Sweden – his country of birth – Macedonia and Turkey at senior international level.

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Predicted line-ups

Chelsea starting XI: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger; Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso; Willian, Morata, Hazard

Crystal Palace starting XI: Hennessey; Wan-Bissaka, Fosu-Mensah, Tomkins, Van Aanholt; Townsend, Milivojevic, McArthur, Schlupp; Sorloth, Benteke