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Crystal Palace vs Chelsea LIVE: Blues look to return to winning ways in Prem

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Welcome to Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

Crystal Palace welcome Chelsea to Selhurst Park, desperate to move away from the bottom three with victory in this London derby.

Roy Hodgson was criticized for bringing on an unfit Michael Olise against Brighton as the winger has now struggled with a thigh injury for weeks.

Marc Guehi is also out with a knee injury and will miss a reunion with his old club, while Cheick Doucoure, Rob Holding, Eberechi Eze and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi all join him in the treatment room.

Joel Ward has a slim chance of returning and should come in as centre-back. Hodgson's only other option is to play Chris Richards, allowing Adam Wharton to make his full debut after a baptism of fire at Brighton.

For Chelsea, Benoit Badiashile suffered a groin injury in the FA Cup match against Aston Villa and will not be fit for this London derby.

However, Levi Colwill and Trevoh Chalobah have returned to full training and Thiago Silva is available after sitting out the Villa match.

Marc Cucurella, Wesley Fofana, Reece James, Lesley Ugochukwu and Romeo Lavia are all still unavailable, but more positive news is that goalkeeper Robert Sanchez has resumed training but is not quite ready for competitive action.

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