Chelsea vs Bournemouth: Line-ups confirmed as Blues return to Stamford Bridge

/ Football News / Premier League News Chelsea vs Bournemouth: Line-ups confirmed as Blues return to Stamford Bridge Catch up with all the team news ahead of Chelsea vs Bournemouth in the Premier League.

Chelsea return to Premier League action on Saturday following a 3-0 defeat at Brentford in their final match before the international break.

Xabi Alonso’s side have endured an inconsistent start to the campaign, winning two of their opening five Premier League matches and conceding at least twice in every game.

The Blues started the season with home wins over Fulham and Brighton but have since suffered defeats at Arsenal and Brentford either side of a 2-2 draw against Hull City at Stamford Bridge.

Bournemouth are still seeking their first league victory under new head coach Marco Rose and have three points from their opening five matches, leaving them 17th following a 1-0 defeat at home to Liverpool last time out.

101GreatGoals brings you all the team news ahead of the 3pm kick-off.

Chelsea: Martinez, Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill, Chavarria, Henderson, Caicedo, Neto, Palmer, Rogers, Pedro

Substitutes: Penders, Fofana, Gusto, Hato, Palestra, Lavia, Quenda, Estevao, Welbeck

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Bournemouth: Petrovic, Truffert, Hill, Brooks, Evanilson, Christie, Adams, Silva, Smith, Tavernier, Rayan

Substitutes: Di Gregorio, Cook, Soler, Gannon Doak, Diakite, Juanlu, Toth, Jebbison, Rodriguez

🔵 TEAM NEWS 🍒Your #afcb team to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge 👊 pic.twitter.com/miotTZEeJe

Kick-off on Saturday is at 15:00 BST (10:00 ET / 07:00 PT). This match is not being shown live in the UK.

Live commentary is available on BBC Radio 5 Live via BBC Sounds. BBC One and BBC iPlayer wiill show highlights at 22:30 BST.

Here’s the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.

Chelsea vs Bournemouth prediction This should be tight and it may be Chelsea’s bench can make a key impact late in the game.

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