Chelsea vs Bournemouth – Team News: Chelsea return in-form midfielder to right back | OneFootball

Chelsea face Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge in just under an hour, and the teams are in!

It’s an interesting lineup for Chelsea, with Enzo Maresca able to welcome back some strong players to his squad.

Robert Sanchez starts in goal, with a new look back four ahead of him.

It looks to be a return of Moises Caicedo to right back, with the Ecuador star ready to invert into midfield when his team have the ball.

Then in the middle we’ve got Josh Acheampong making his second Premier League start, with Levi Colwill keeping up his almost ever present position on the left of the centre. Marc Cucurella plays at left back, and will have a key role tonight bringing balance down that flank.

In midfield, Caicedo is replaced by the returning Romeo Lavia, who is fit for a first start since the 8th of December. He plays with Enzo Fernandez in the engine room. Cole Palmer plays in his usual role ahead of them.

The front 3 sees Noni Madueke and Jadon Sancho flanking Nicolas Jackson, who will be really keen to score tonight and get his season back on track.

Here are the full team line-ups for Chelsea vs Bournemouth (kick off at 19:30 GMT)

CHELSEA:

Chelsea starting XI against Bournemouth.

We’re excited for the return of the Caicedo right back system, which worked really well when we experimented with it a couple of months ago.

It allows us to get Enzo, Caicedo and Lavia into the same midfield without sacrificing an attacker, and gets the out of form Malo Gusto a break on the bench.

Bournemouth are a really intense team who provide a very different threat to the teams we’ve struggled against in the Premier League in recent weeks. It will be very interesting to see if they play into our hands – or we into theirs.