Chelsea XI vs Manchester United: Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Premier League

Chelsea XI vs Manchester United: Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Premier League

Enzo Maresca has brought back his Chelsea big guns for their Premier League showdown with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Maresca made 11 changes at Newcastle in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday and his second-string side slumped to a 2-0 defeat.

Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson are among those to return to the side.

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Jadon Sancho is not available as part of the terms of his loan deal from United, with Pedro Neto keeping his place on the left.

Reece James continues at left-back, as he did in the 2-1 Premier League victory over Newcastle at Stamford Bridge last Sunday.

Sidelined: Jadon Sancho will play no part for Chelsea against his parent club at Old Trafford (Getty Images)
Sidelined: Jadon Sancho will play no part for Chelsea against his parent club at Old Trafford (Getty Images)

Chelsea have no fresh injury concerns so Wesley Fofana and Levi Colwill are back in at centre-back.

Noni Madueke also starts at Old Trafford, where the mood has been lifted by the thumping midweek victory over Leicester and the appointment of Ruben Amorim, though the new head coach will not take charge until the international break later this month.

“They are all available apart from Jadon, who has been ill in the last days,” said Maresca at his pre-match press conference on Friday.

Confirmed Chelsea XI (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, James; Caicedo, Lavia; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson

Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin, Badiashile, Cucurella, Veiga, Fernandez, Mudryk, Joao Felix, Nkunku

Injured: Kellyman

Unavailable: Sancho

Time and date: 4.30pm GMT on Sunday November 3, 2024

Venue: Old Trafford

TV channel: Sky Sports