How should Chelsea line up against Ipswich Town to get back to winning ways?
12/29/2024 02:53 AM
Ipswich Town vs. Chelsea, Premier League: You choose the starting lineup
We had gone nearly two entire months without tasting defeat: twelve matches in all competitions, including an eight-match winning run. And that perhaps made the loss to Fulham at home on Thursday even more unpalatable.
But we have a great chance to get that bad taste out of our mouths as we journey to Ipswich on Monday night to take on the team who finished second to Enzo Maresca's Leicester City last season in the Championship.
Only Southampton have collected fewer points so far than The Tractor Boys, and in stark contrast to our fortunes, they've tasted victory just twice all season, both away from home. But like our unbeaten run, all streaks are meant to be broken, and they will certainly want to get that first Premier League home win in over two decades before the season's end. Five of their last six defeats, including Friday's 1-0 loss to Arsenal, have been by just a solitary goal as well.
All that to say, we better hope to find some fresh legs somewhere, somehow. This isn't going to be a cakewalk.
Reece James has been ramping up his participation in training, but is not expected to return just yet. Others, like Wesley Fofana and Benoît Badiashile are not close. Roméo Lavia, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, and Carney Chukwuemeka are all questionable with various knocks and illnesses.
