The Blues are still the only team unbeaten across all competitions but the pressure will be on them to come away with three points when they make the trip to the Wembley to face an in-form Tottenham side.
Team News
Mateo Kovacic is slightly doubtful to feature in the starting eleven on Saturday due to a muscular injury while Marco van Ginkel and Ethan Ampadu are ruled out with injuries. Maurizio Sarri is not expected to make too many changes to the team that drew against Fulham in the last outing.
Formation: 4-3-3
Manager: Maurizio Sarri
1. Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK)
The Spaniard has kept six clean sheets in the Premier League so far and will need to be at the top of his game on Saturday.
2. Cesar Azpilicueta (RB)
The veteran has barely put a foot wrong this season and has always been solid at the back.
3. Antonio Rudiger (CB)
The German international has been one of the standout performers for the Blues this season and will have his work cut out against Harry Kane.
4. David Luiz (CB)
He has established a solid partnership in the heart of Chelsea’s defence alongside Rudiger and Sarri should continue to rely on him.
5. Marcos Alonso (LB)
He showed in the previous game against Everton why he is one of the best attacking full-backs in the world and Sarri needs him to come up with a quality end product on Saturday.
6. Jorginho (CDM)
His flawless passing, immaculate distribution and game-reading ability are invaluable assets to the Blues in the midfield.
7. N’Golo Kante (RCM)
The Frenchman continues to be one of the pivots of Chelsea’s midfield and has shown strong signs of promise in his new attacking role this season.
8. Ross Barkley (LCM)
The English international has been in terrific form in recent weeks and his ability to chip in with valuable strikes can prove to be handy for the Blues.
9. Eden Hazard (LW)
He is Chelsea’s indispensable weapon in the final third and Sarri will be looking up to him to propel the team to a victory over Spurs.
10. Willian (RW)
The Brazilian has raised his game in recent weeks and Sarri should hand him a start ahead of Pedro.
11. Olivier Giroud (ST)
Morata struggled in the last game against Everton and is likely to be outmuscled by Davinson Sanchez and Toby Alderweireld on Saturday, which should prompt Sarri to field the Frenchman in the starting line up.
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.
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....
Senator Andy Uba has said that Awka, the capital city of Anambra State was the worst state capital in the whole of Nigeria. Uba, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) disclosed this in Awka after touring the state ahead of the primary election of the party slated for August 26. In a statement issued by his media aide, Joseph Itazi, Uba after touring the 14 local government said that the state lacked a befitting capital. He added that his tour of the state had also re-emphasised the enormous work that needed to be done in the state. “Let us look at Awka as a state capital, Awka till today remain’s the worst capital in the whole of Nigeria, it’s present infrastructural state does not justify its status as a capital city. “When I won my elections in 2007, I had plans for Awka, we were going to create a new Awka, with well laid out plans befitting to a state like ours “Sadly, I was removed from office after 17 days and till date no administration has dee...
Comments
Post a Comment