Thomas Tuchel rules four Chelsea players out of Burnley tie & provides update on Mason Mount

Chelsea vs Burnley

Chelsea are set to play host to Burnley on Saturday afternoon in what looks set to be one of the easiest ties of the weekend to predict.

The Blues head into gameweek 11 of the Premier League season sat top of the table with 25 points, three more than 2^nd place Liverpool.

Thomas Tuchel’s side also have the best defence in the league, shipping just three goals from 10, whilst also being in possession of the 2^nd-best attack in the division at present.

As for Burnley, they are 18^th in the Premier League and have won just one game all campaign.

The Clarets also have a pretty dismal record against the top-six Premier League sides. Sean Dyche’s Burnley have not beaten the Londoners since all the way back in August of 2017, losing six and drawing one of the following seven meetings between the two sides.

So, a Chelsea victory this weekend does seem all but guaranteed.

Four Chelsea stars out of Burnley clash plus Mason Mount update

Ahead of the game, Thomas Tuchel would speak to the press on Friday afternoon.

When doing so, the German would discuss a number of topics, including team news.

Tuchel confirmed that Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner, Mateo Kovacic and Marcos Alonso are all out:

“No news on the match tomorrow for Romelu and Timo. Both are out. Christian Pulisic is with the group. Marcos Alonso and Mateo Kovacic are out. Marcos injured himself in the very last minute of the Malmo match, he tried to come out for training but the stress is too high on the ankle. Nothing big but too painful at the moment.”

Elsewhere, Mason Mount is available to play some minutes against Burnley but it does not sound as though he is in optimin condition after an issue with his wisdom tooth which caused him to be unable to eat properly:

“It’s a tricky one. Mason was ill but the reason was his wisdom tooth, this was the reason for the feeling, a bit of an infection. He was back in training and lost a bit of weight as he couldn’t eat properly. He takes medication and let’s see. He is in the squad for tomorrow, can play some minutes, but we will need to wait for the reaction because it seems proper treatment has to be done.”

Quotes via football.london.

 

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