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Premier League | Gameweek 19
Dec 30, 2024 at 7.45pm UK
Portman Road Stadium
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Ipswich
2 - 0
Chelsea

Delap (12' pen.), Hutchinson (53')
O'Shea (32'), Delap (83'), Davis (88'), Morsy (90+7')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Caicedo (67'), Colwill (88'), Gusto (88'), Fernandez (90+5')

Ipswich vs. Chelsea team news: Enzo Maresca makes five changes for Premier League fixture

Maresca rings Chelsea changes for Ipswich game
© Imago
Enzo Maresca makes five changes to his Chelsea XI for Monday's Premier League game at Ipswich Town.

Enzo Maresca has made five changes to his Chelsea XI for Monday's Premier League game at Ipswich Town.

The Italian was criticised by some Chelsea supporters for only making one substitution during the 2-1 defeat to Fulham on Boxing Day.

He has reacted to that by switching half of his team for the fixture at Portman Road, including handing just a second Premier League start to goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen.

Meanwhile, Axel Disasi returns at right-back, with Noni Madueke also earning an opportunity despite being banished from the squad for the previous game.

There are further alterations in the final third with Joao Felix and Christopher Nkunku replacing Jadon Sancho and Nicolas Jackson respectively.

Robert Sanchez, Malo Gusto and Pedro Neto are the other players to drop down to the substitutes' bench, where they are joined by Reece James after his latest hamstring injury.

Ipswich Town head coach Kieran McKenna on July 27, 2024© Imago

Ipswich make four changes

Meanwhile, Kieran McKenna has responded to the 1-0 reverse to Arsenal on Friday by making as many as four alterations to his Ipswich side.

The most notable return is that of captain Sam Morsy after suspension, with Kalvin Phillips only being selected as a replacement.

There is also just a second Premier League start of the season for goalkeeper Christian Walton, with Arijanet Muric missing out.

Wes Burns and Nathan Broadhead also start for the Tractor Boys with Ben Johnson and Sammie Szmodics only being named on the bench.

Ipswich Town XI: Walton; Burns, O'Shea, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Hutchinson, Broadhead, Delap

Subs: Muric, Johnson, Townsend, Phillips, Taylor, Chaplin, Szmodics, Clarke, Al-Hamadi

Chelsea XI: Jorgensen; Disasi, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Felix; Nkunku

Subs: Sanchez, Acheampong, Gusto, James, Veiga, Neto, Sancho, Guiu, Jackson

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