Overview
- Kickoff is at 3pm GMT (10am ET) at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday, December 6.
- The match is not televised live in the UK due to the Saturday blackout, with Chelsea’s app offering live audio and updates and highlights available from 5:15pm on Sky/YouTube and on Match of the Day at 10:20pm.
- In the United States, the game is listed on NBCSN with streaming on Peacock.
- Chelsea are without Moises Caicedo through suspension, while Cole Palmer returned from injury off the bench at Leeds and is under consideration to start as Enzo Maresca weighs further changes.
- Bournemouth miss suspended midfielders Tyler Adams and Lewis Cook and have injuries to Ben Gannon-Doak and Ryan Christie, with Marcos Senesi and David Brooks available again; both teams enter off midweek defeats, and most previews predict a Chelsea win.