Levi Colwill, Romeo Lavia and Enzo Fernandez also missed training on Friday and face a race to be fit to play against Wolves. Palmer and Colwill both suffered knocks in the Bournemouth game, while midfielders Lavia and Fernandez have muscle fatigue.

Chelsea faced a quick turnaround before their clash with Wolves and have to contend with a number of fresh injury concerns after Maresca revealed that Cole Palmer, along with Enzo Fernandez, Levi Colwill and Romeo Lavia, all missed Friday’s training session.

Chelsea are not in great form but they are going to click again at some point and, if they do, they are going to wipe the floor with Wolves. Vitor Pereira had that initial bounce as Wolves manager, but they have found it difficult in their past two league games,

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Chelsea are not in action this weekend as we have a rare weekend without them. Instead, we have to wait until Monday when they face Wolves.Chelsea are in a very sticky patch of bad form right now and

Wolves have enjoyed an upturn in fortunes with three wins, a draw and just a couple of defeats from their six matches since dumping Gary O’Neil and getting hitched to their new Portuguese manager. They started well with a 3-0 victory at Leicester followed by a 2-0 Molineux success against Manchester United before picking up a decent point in a 2-2 draw at Tottenham only to suffer their first setback when they lost at home to Nottingham Forest.