Overview
- Lavia suffered the quadriceps injury four minutes into Chelsea’s 2-2 Champions League draw at Qarabag last week.
- He is expected to miss matches against Burnley, Barcelona, Arsenal, Leeds United, Bournemouth and Atalanta.
- Chelsea have limited his minutes to roughly one game per week, yet he has still not completed a full 90 minutes for the club.
- Since joining from Southampton in 2023, he has made 29 appearances and missed about 88 games through various muscle problems.
- Head coach Enzo Maresca called the setback “a shame” and said they “need to insist” until they find the right solution, with a mid-December return viewed as possible if recovery goes to plan.