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Great to be back to Premier League, after the horrendously dull International break.

Cardiff are the visitors on the back of 2 draws and 2 defeats so far. Meanwhile, Chelsea's 4 wins out of 4 and 10 goals means we must start as strong favourites, although superstition prevents me from predicting a win.

You can't beat a Saturday 3pm Kick off and the weather forecast is for sunshine and 21 degrees. The only potential blot on the landscape, is if the Cardiff fans repeat their antics from the last time they travelled to Stamford Bridge. 

I shall be at Stamford Bridge today with a post match trip to The Falcon in Clapham Jctn lined up, so the unofficials are likely to be posted up tomorrow morning. 

Anticipated line up:


I envisage two changes from the Bournemouth match-Giroud in for Morata and Pedro to edge out Willian. There is a case for Barkley to come in for Kovacic to give us another more attacking option, but I think Sarri will settle on Kovacic who has performed pretty well for us so far. Personally, I'd like us to consider more attacking intent against the likes of Cardiff who will sit back and defend no matter what Warnock says.

RLC is out injured (bad timing with a busy few weeks ahead) so maybe Fabregas or Ampadu should replace him on the bench



Kepa

Azpi, Luiz, Rudiger, Alonso

Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic

Hazard, Pedro

Giroud


Summary of unofficial marks


Star Man Awards: Hazard 2, Luiz 1, Alonso 1     


Highest Average: Hazard 8, Alonso 7.5, Kante and Pedro 7.


Lowest Average:  RLC 5.5 and Kepa 5.5, Luiz, Morata and Barkley and 6


Full unofficial marks after the Bournemouth:-


unofficialmarks.com/thread/13/average-marks-season-after-bournemouth


Goal Scorers: Pedro 3, Hazard 2, Morata 1, Kante 1, Jorginho 1, Alonso 1, own goal 1. Total 10