{"id":631303,"date":"2023-11-06T05:25:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=631303"},"modified":"2023-11-06T05:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:25:20","slug":"chelsea-predicted-lineup-vs-tottenham-hotspur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/06\/chelsea-predicted-lineup-vs-tottenham-hotspur\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Jackson Dropped: Chelsea Predicted Lineup vs Tottenham Hotspur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a Chelsea predicted lineup for their Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur. The Blues are aiming to rebound from a 2-0 defeat to Brentford this past weekend, although an EFL Cup win with Blackburn Rovers lightened the mood around the club.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Predicted Lineup vs Tottenham Hotspur in Premier League Clash<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>Is the Chelsea project broken?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why the Todd Boehly Project at Chelsea is FAILING - Even with Pochettino at the Helm\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s1YjU2eNbuM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>How Chelsea Have Lined up Recently<\/h3>\n<p>Robert Sanchez has been the first-choice goalkeeper and has yet to lose his spot, even for the EFL Cup. The back four has had some changes due to injuries and suspensions so Malo Gusto, Reece James, Marc Cucurella, Benoit Badiashile, Thiago Silva, Axel Disasi, and Levi Colwill have all featured in defence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/03\/chelsea-women-predicted-lineup-aston-villa\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">N\u00fcsken Starts: Chelsea Women Predicted Lineup vs Aston Villa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The midfield pivot has generally featured Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo. Ahead of them, we have seen Conor Gallagher, Cole Palmer, and Raheem Sterling stake their claims along with Mykhailo Mudryk getting some starts.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Jackson has been tasked to lead the line when healthy and available.<\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino has remained resolute in his base 4-2-3-1 formation. With just one defeat from the past few games, including a 2-2 draw with high flying Arsenal, it would appear that things are turning around for the Blues after a dismal performance last season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/01\/chelsea-chances-victor-osimhen-january-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018From What I\u2019m Told\u2019: Fabrizio Romano Rates Chances of Chelsea Signing \u2018Incredible\u2019 Striker in January<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, the team are scoring goals once again, aside from a dull day at Brentford they have scored at least twice in four of the last five outings.<\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n<p>The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbsoluteChelsea\/status\/1720410523710173637\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">injury report<\/a> from Chelsea confirms that Mudryk has returned to full fitness. There&#8217;s less good news for others, however. Armando Broja, Trevoh Chalobah, Ben Chilwell, Carney Chukwuemeka, Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, and Christopher Nkunku are all sidelined.<\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Predicted Lineup vs Tottenham Hotspur<\/h3>\n<p>After the success of the false nine against the Gunners some weeks ago, it is expected that Pochettino runs it back here, dropping Jackson in the process:<\/p>\n<p>GK &#8211; Robert Sanchez<\/p>\n<p>LB &#8211; Levi Colwill<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Axel Disasi<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Thiago Silva<\/p>\n<p>RB &#8211; Reece James<\/p>\n<p>DM &#8211; Moises Caicedo<\/p>\n<p>DM &#8211; Enzo Fernandez<\/p>\n<p>AM &#8211; Mykhailo Mudryk<\/p>\n<p>AM &#8211; Conor Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>AM &#8211; Raheem Sterling<\/p>\n<p>ST &#8211; Cole Palmer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a Chelsea predicted lineup for their Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur. The Blues are aiming to rebound from a 2-0 defeat to Brentford this past weekend, although an EFL Cup win with Blackburn Rovers lightened the mood around the club. Chelsea Predicted Lineup vs Tottenham Hotspur in Premier League Clash Watch:\u00a0Is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":631088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[9640],"class_list":["post-631303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-premier-league","tag-chelsea-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}