Chelsea will look to snap a three-match shedding streak on Tuesday evening once they host rock-bottom Southampton at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues adopted up their FA Cup exit to Brighton earlier this month with one other defeat to the Seagulls within the Premier League earlier than struggling a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa on the weekend.
This has seen Chelsea lose momentum within the race for the highest 4, with Enzo Maresca’s facet now sitting seventh within the desk, however solely some extent off fourth-placed Manchester Metropolis .
Will Nicolas Jackson be obtainable on Tuesday for Chelsea?
Nicolas Jackson has netted 9 instances for Chelsea within the Premier League this season (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Chelsea have needed to make do with out ahead Nicolas Jackson throughout this three-match shedding streak, after the Senegal worldwide limped off throughout the second half of the 2-1 win over West Ham earlier this month.
Jackson has been a key participant for Maresca this season as the focus of the Chelsea assault, beginning all however one of many membership’s Premier League matches earlier than being laid low with this present harm.
Enzo Maresca’s facet have misplaced their final two Premier League matches (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Maresca, who ranked at no.44 in FourFourTwo’s checklist of one of the best managers on the earth proper now , gave an replace on the 23-year-old final week and confirmed that Jackson would miss between six and eight weeks together with his present harm.
“Nico will probably be out till the worldwide break and possibly obtainable after the worldwide break,” he mentioned.
“We knew it was a muscular drawback however we did not know the way essential it was due to his response. All of us thought it was not an enormous harm, however sadly, he had a scan and it is going to be round six to eight weeks.”
The ahead will subsequently miss out in opposition to Southampton this week and Maresca might want to discover a alternative in his squad that’s carrying quite a lot of accidents within the attacking areas.
Ivan Juric’s Southampton facet stay rooted to the underside of the Premier League desk (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Ahead Marc Guiu can be out with a hamstring drawback , with Christopher Nkunku filling in up entrance within the FA Cup defeat to Brighton.
The likes of Noni Madueke, Romeo Lavia, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Omari Kellyman and Trevoh Chalobah are additionally at the moment out injured, whereas Mykhailo Mudryk stays suspended.
