Predicted 4-3-3 Chelsea Lineup vs Derby County: Kovacic and Loftus-Cheek to Start


Chelsea ready to welcome a hero, an old friend and a legend of theirs in Frank Lampard when they host Derby County in the EFL Cup round of 16 tie on Wednesday night. Frank Lampard who played for Chelsea FC for over a decade during his glorious career and it will be an emotional homecoming for the 40-year-old derby manager. Chelsea will be aware that Derby knocked Manchester United out in the previous round and cannot afford to take the Rams lightly.

Chelsea team news

Chelsea’s assistant manager Gianfranco Zola confirmed that Eden Hazard will not be taking part against Derby this week. Ethan Ampadu in back in training but he will take some to get match fit while both Olivier Giroud (fatigue) and Pedro will be assessed before the game.

Defence

Kepa Arrizabalaga has not been tested as Chelsea have done well at the back. He should keep his place in goal. Maurizio Sarri is expected to reshuffle his entire backline with Davide Zappacosta replacing Cesar Azpilicueta as the right-back while Emerson could play ahead of Marcos Alonso.
Gary Cahill could get some first-team action, partnering Andreas Christensen at the heart of the Chelsea defence. Both the defenders were tested against Liverpool in the last round and will look to impress once again.

Midfield

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been in splendid form of late and has scored four goals in his last two matches. He deserves to get a start, so we could see N’Golo Kante making way for the England international. Loftus-Cheek could partner Cesc Fabregas and Mateo Kovacic in Chelsea’s three-man midfield. Fabregas will take on the mantle of circulating the possession in midfield just like Jorginho while Kovacic will have a point to prove after Ross Barkley’s stunning performance against Burnley this past weekend.

Attack

In Hazard’s absence, Willian will once again get the chance to feature on the left flank. Victor Moses will be deployed on the opposite flank, ahead of Pedro, who is a doubt for the tie. And finally, the Chelsea attack will be led by Alvaro Morata with Olivier Giroud down with fatigue. Morata looked promising against Burnley and it will be interesting to see if he can keep that up against Derby.





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Polymer excursion

Image
It was a very successful even after the department of polymer and textiles engineering students went for their excursion at innosen industry.                     The daprtment of recent has changed its popular name from APOTES to IPE which was officially approval approved by NUC.on this note the department President ensures all the apotes domain of the change which also bring s transition in IPE DOMAIN. And the department immediately returned to their lovely ground federal university of technology with a very high prospect having witnessed the processing of polymeric materials to get a final product which is then use by the end user.indeed it was excursion which Will not be forgotten so soon mainly by their year one who went with them.
Read more

Killings in Nigeria: UN issues warnings to security agencies

Image
The United Nations on Thursday advised security agencies to act swiftly on early warning signals of attacks on communities in Nigeria. Mrs. Sewuese Torkuma, the Gender Technical Advisor of the world body, gave the advice in Jos, during an advocacy visit to the headquarters of `Operation Rainbow’, a state-owned security outfit charged with tackling violence in Plateau. “The security agencies must be proactive; you cannot wait for the violence to take place before you start chasing the perpetrators. “You must strive to avert the persistent loss of lives, destruction of properties and displacement of women and children,” she said. She urged the security agencies to allow more women to occupy higher positions to enable them play crucial roles in the peace building process. Torkuma said that the visit was to sensitise `Operation Rainbow’ on the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, which seeks to promote gender parity at all levels of decision making. In his remarks, Maj....
Read more

Why North won’t allow Nnamdi Kanu continue with Biafra – Northern elders chairman

Image
Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr. Paul Unongo has revealed why northern Nigeria can’t allow Nnamdi Kanu continue with his agitations for Biafra. Speaking to Sun, Unongo said that if the Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB was allowed to carry on with its activities as it had hitherto done, it would drag the nation back into civil war. In his words; DIABETES Is CURABLE! Don't Let It Threaten You! To NORMALIZE Your Blood Sugar In 15Days For Life,Click Here!!! I know Buhari very well. It was in my hometown, Gboko that Buhari and Ojukwu met for the first time after the war. I arranged for Buhari and Ojukwu to meet in Gboko. So I could feel Buhari’s pain. You feel pain when young men that were not even born when we went and suffered so much and inflicted so much suffering on our people are using such verbiage and such type of rhetoric. They cannot even talk in such a sophisticated and philosophical manner like Ojukwu. They cannot match Ojukwu in any way. Remember all the troubles ...
Read more