Ipswich Town vs. Chelsea, Premier League: Live blog; highlights

Chelsea have come to Portman Road for the first time in 22 years and are looking to leave with three points for the first time in 39 years.

In order to make that happen, Enzo Maresca makes five changes from Thursday, with Noni Madueke, João Félix, and Christopher Nkunku refreshing the attack and Axel Disasi rotating in for Malo Gusto at right back. Plus, we get a Filip Jörgensen start in goal, and Reece James is back from injury and in the squad as well!

Here we go!

Ipswich Town starting XI:Walton | Burns, O’Shea, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Morsy (c), Cajuste, Hutchinson, Broadhead, Delap

Substitutes from: Muric, Johnson, Townsend, Phillips, Taylor, Chaplin, Szmodics, J.Clarke, Al-Hamadi

Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):Jörgensen | Cucurella, Colwill, Tosin, Disasi | Enzo (c), Caicedo | Félix, Palmer, Madueke | Nkunku

Substitutes from: Sánchez, Acheampong, Gusto, James, Veiga, Neto, Sancho, Guiu, Jackson

Date / Time: Monday, December 30, 2024, 19.45 GMT; 2:45pm EST; 1:15am IST (next day)Venue: Portman Road, IpswichReferee: John Brooks (on pitch); Michael Oliver (VAR)

On TV: none (UK); none (USA); none (India); SuperSport Action, Canal+ Sport 4 (NGA); elsewhereStreaming: none (UK); Peacock (USA); Disney+ Hotstar (India); DStv Now (NGA)

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