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Jack Rosser

Crystal Palace XI vs Chelsea FC: Starting lineup, team news - Guehi, Mateta, Zaha start; Andersen, Milivojevic out

Crystal Palace handed debuts to new signings Marc Guehi and Jean-Philippe Mateta in today’s Premier League opener against Chelsea.

Joachim Andersen has not featured in pre-season since his £17milliom move from Lyon but he has trained this week and is on the bench at Stamford Bridge.

Captain Luka Milivojevic misses the game against Chelsea due to personal reasons, however.

New signing Michael Olise is out with a back problem, while Eberechi Eze is recovering from the serious Achilles injury he sustained at the end of last season.

Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Kouyate, Guehi, Mitchell, McArthur, Riedewald, Schlupp, Zaha, Mateta, Ayew.

Today 3.00pm BST

Venue: Stamford Bridge

Referee: Jonathan Moss

Palace squad from: Remi Matthews, Jack Butland, Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Tyrick Mitchell, James Tomkins, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Nathaniel Clyne, Martin Kelly, Nathan Ferguson, Cheikhou Kouyate, James McArthur, Conor Gallagher, Jairo Riedewald, Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jeffrey Schlupp, Christian Benteke

Injured: Eberechi Eze (Achilles), Michael Olise (back), Nathan Ferguson (Achilles)

Unavailable: Luka Milivojevic (personal reasons)

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