Chelsea’s defensive injuries have continued with Colwill, Cucurella, Gusto and Tosin all set to start. Lavia is a doubt, so Caicedo and Fernandez could start in the deeper roles with four of Nkunku, Felix, Neto, Palmer, Jackson, Madueke and Sancho starting ahead of them.

For the first time in Premier League history, Fulham emerged victorious from Stamford Bridge, with a 2-1 win over Chelsea. The Blues started Boxing Day strong with a beauty of a goal by Cole Palmer to open the scoring in the 16th minute.

The two late strikes took their goal tally from substitutes this season to an unmatched nine. Read more at straitstimes.com.