ARSENAL VS CHELSEA: CONFIRMED LINE UPS AND TEAM NEWS
Cole Palmer misses Chelsea’s Premier League to Arsenal tonight.
The attacking midfielder, now joint-top scorer in the Premier League after last week’s four-goal haul against Everton, suffered an early knock in the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City having started the game with heavy strapping on his thigh.
While he completed the 90 minutes, Palmer missed training on Monday through illness with Mauricio Pochettino pessimistic over his chances of being involved at the Emirates.
Chelsea face further injury problems with full-backs Malo Gusto and Ben Chilwell missing out.
In all, there are four changes to the side that lost to City on Saturday. Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah and Thiago Silva miss out with Axel Disasi, Benoit Badiashile and Alfie Gilchrist coming in to the starting XI.
Arsenal in comparison have a relatively clean bill of health as they look to keep the pressure on Manchester City having moved top again with Saturday’s win over Wolves.
Gabriel Jesus and Jakub Kiwior drop out of the side with Gabriel Jesus coming in with Takehiro Tomiyasu back from injury.
Arsenal confirmed XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu; Partey, Odegaard, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Trossard.
Chelsea confirmed XI: Petrovic; Gilchrist, Disasi, Badiashile, Cucurella; Caicedo, Enzo; Madueke, Gallagher, Mudryk; Jackson
Arsenal vs Chelsea kick-off time and TV channel
The London derby is scheduled to kick off at 8pm [BST] on Tuesday 23 April. The match will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1.
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