Final team news has been delivered for Leeds United’s Tuesday night clash at Chelsea - for which blows have left six out and three doubtful but with key men now back.
The huge size of Chelsea’s squad is well documented, giving boss Liam Rosenior plenty of options despite having several players missing for Saturday afternoon’s clash at rock-bottom Wolves where Cole Palmer netted a first-half hat-trick in a 3-1 victory.
Star man Palmer himself has been managing an injury but came through 61 minutes of a fourth-straight league win for the fifth-placed Blues who were dealt a new possible injury blow in the success.
Leeds, meanwhile, welcomed back three players from injuries for Friday night’s hosting of Nottingham Forest in which Daniel Farke’s Whites also recorded a 3-1 success which proved essential in keeping the team six points clear of the dropzone, despite battling against injuries to key men.
Four nights later, the Whites and Blues will lock horns in a huge game at both ends of the table in a 7.30pm kick-off at Stamford Bridge, ahead of which final team news has now been delivered from both camps.]
Whites boss Farke and his opposite Chelsea number Rosenior both held their pre-match press conferences on Monday and, here, we run through the final injury news from both camps.
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1. OUT: Pascal Struijk
A new blow for Leeds and a big one with Farke now without his left-footed centre-half. Struijk has started his side's last 14 league games but the defender experienced problems with his hip flexor following Friday night’s win against Forest and has been ruled out of Tuesday's trip to Stamford Bridge. | AFP via Getty Images
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2. OUT: Anton Stach
Another big one for Leeds as the sort of player that could have been key in a likely fierce midfield battle at the Bridge. Stach suffered hip problems after last weekend's defeat to Arsenal which forced the German to miss Friday night's visit of Forest. Farke confirmed on Monday that Stach is still out, the Whites boss hopeful that the midfielder will be back for next weekend's trip to Aston Villa which follows this weekend's FA Cup clash at Birmingham City. | AFP via Getty Images

3. OUT: Jamie Gittens
A relatively fresh blow for Chelsea, £48.5m summer signing Gittens suffering a hamstring injury in last weekend's win against West Ham and now a longer term injury. Boss Rosenior said: "Jamie is looking a little bit more long-term. He's got a tear in his hamstring, which is a real shame for him." | Getty Images
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4. OUT: Dario Essugo
Chelsea's 20-year-old Portuguese midfielder Essugo has yet to feature this season and had surgery on a thigh injury in September. It is not clear when he will be back. | Getty Images

5. OUT: Levi Colwill
Chelsea's England-capped centre-back Colwill is a longer term Blues absentee, the 22-year-old suffering an ACL rupture in pre-season and remaining on the comeback trail. | Bradley Collyer/PA Wire
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6. OUT: Mykhaylo Mudryk
Chelsea's Ukraine international winger Mudryk is currently suspended after being charged with a doping offence by the FA. | Getty Images