TEAM NEWS – Benitez makes THREE big changes to the NUFC team to play Chelsea today

The teams are out for today’s 12.30pm kick off at Stamford Bridge and Rafa Benitez has made THREE interesting changes from the side that drew 2-2 with West Brom on Tuesday night:

OUT – Joselu, Hayden, Yedlin

IN – Gayle, Diame, Manquillo

Here’s the full team we’ll see line-up at Chelsea.

NUFC XI – (4-2-3-1) – Darlow – Manquillo, Lejeune, Clark, Mbemba – Diame, Merino – Ritchie, Perez, Murphy – Gayle.  (Subs: Elliot, Yedlin, Hayden, Shelvey, Aarons, Joselu, Mitrovic)

  • Joselu dropped – Gayle up top
  • Yedlin dropped – Manquillo at RB
  • Hayden on bench – Diame starts alongside Merino
  •  Mitrovic, Shelvey & Aarons on the bench
  • Mbemba and Darlow keep their place in team

Chelsea XI (3-5-2-): Courtois – Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger – Moses, Kante, Drinkwater, Fabregas, Alonso – Hazard, Morata

Thoughts??

HWTL!

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As a Junior Magpie since birth and season ticket holder, I eat, sleep and breathe all things NUFC! Here at the blog, I aim to bring you news, views, match reports and transfer exclusives as and when I get them.

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