PREM: Crystal Palace v Chelsea preview
Crystal Palace v Chelsea preview
Crystal Palace are without Mathieu Flamini for Saturday's Premier League visit of Chelsea after the midfielder suffered a groin injury on Wednesday against Manchester United.
Jason Puncheon is available again to manager Alan Pardew after the midfielder served a one-match ban.
Pardew is still without long-term absentees James Tomkins, Connor Wickham, Bakary Sako, Loic Remy, Pape Souare and Steve Mandanda.
Eden Hazard has beaten his knee injury in time to face Palace.
The Belgium playmaker missed the Blues' midweek win at Sunderland but is now back in full training.
Former England defender John Terry remains sidelined with a gluteal strain, with no date yet pencilled in for his return.
Palace boss Alan Pardew says "It's a system he knows very well; he's coached that system so he's got it pretty nailed down.
"Don't think it's about this, or that. The manager's done a great job but the world-class players are at the top of their game. And the best thing he's done is not the system: he's man-managed those people to perform better.
"(Eden) Hazard and (Diego) Costa are a different proposition this year, and they'll be the first to admit that, (Cesc) Fabregas too.
"Coming from Serie A it's a different type of football and he's got to grips with the toughness of the Premier League, and the physicality of it. He inherited players that were used to it, and he's been helped by that.
"(But) he's still done a fabulous job, the system suits them, and at the moment they look unbeatable."
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte says "When you arrive from 10 wins and there is a great respect for you. But this situation is a good situation for the opponent, because now when the opponent has nothing to lose. We are winning, and it's more difficult for us to continue this way than for our opponent.Because our opponents have nothing to lose."
Teams
Crystal Palace (from): Hennessey, Speroni, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Kelly, Fryers, Lee, Ledley, Phillips, Winter, Husin, McArthur, Townsend, Zaha, Cabaye, Mutch, Puncheon, Benteke, Campbell.
Chelsea (from): Courtois, Begovic, Alonso, Fabregas, Zouma, Kante, Oscar, Hazard, Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Moses, Costa, Matic, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Luiz, Eduardo, Aina, Solanke.
Swansea (from): Fabianski, Naughton, Van der Hoorn, Amat, Taylor, Cork, Fulton, Fer, Routledge, Barrow, Sigurdsson, Llorente, Nordfeldt, Rangel, Mawson, Kingsley, Britton, Dyer, Montero, Borja, McBurnie.