Levi Colwill, Romeo Lavia and Enzo Fernandez also missed training on Friday and face a race to be fit to play against Wolves. Palmer and Colwill both suffered knocks in the Bournemouth game, while midfielders Lavia and Fernandez have muscle fatigue.

The Blues will be searching for their first win in six Premier League matches, after drawing 2–2 at home against Bournemouth last Tuesday.

Going into this game Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca explained that he wanted more output from his wingers to take some of the pressure and expectation off Cole Palmer and Nicholas Jackson. Noni Madueke had already been under Maresca's microscope in December when he said the English winger "can do much more".