Chelsea’s final game before the World Cup event has them make the travels to St. James’ Park to lock horns with top-four rivals Newcastle United.
The Blues were handed a 2-0 defeat by Manchester City in midweek’s EFL Cup third-round game with Graham Potter’s men sent crashing out of the competition.
Let us now take a look at how Potter might set up his Chelsea side for the upcoming game –
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Edouard Mendy remains likely to retain his starting berth with Kepa out injured and not expected to return until after the World Cup.
In the backline, Trevoh Chalobah and Kalidou Koulibaly, both of whom started the loss to City, should be joined by the veteran Thiago Silva.
Marcus Hall will be dropping down to the bench with Marc Cucurella set to take his left wing-back berth while Cesar Azpilicueta is expected to replace Ruben Loftus-Cheek in the XI.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang should be seen leading the line for Chelsea with the 33-year-old hoping to get back among the goals after a horrid few weeks.
