Chelsea will face Crystal Palace in the first round of the Premier League 2025/26 and it seems that coach Enzo Maresca has found the most satisfactory squad in this match. Meanwhile, Palace certainly lacks an extremely important name.
After winning the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Chelsea had only two weeks to prepare for the new season, but they were in very good form. The Blues have won easy victories against both Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan in the pre -season period.
Many players have impressed in the last two friendly matches. Young Brazilian, Estevao Willian played very well. There are many calls for Estevao to play from the beginning of Chelsea vs Crystal Palace in the first round of the Premier League 2025/26, but coach Maresca will not be in a hurry.
Jamie Gittens, who signed a contract from Dortmund, can kick before Palace. This British winger has not been challenged in the Premier League but has proved to be directly and dangerous in the first appearances for Chelsea.
Highly likely, the Pedro Neto, Jamie Gittens and Cole Palmer trio can be chosen to support Joao Pedro striker. Another striker who has just come to Chelsea in the summer of 2025 is that Liam Delap will have to wait for the opportunity from the bench. In the middle line, Moises Caicedo is playing very well and he can play next to the Argentine player, Enzo Fernandez.
In the defense, Robert Sanchez is still the No. 1 choice in the wooden frame. Without Levi Colwill, Tosin and Trevoh Chalobah stood side by side in the center -back position, the two wings were Marc Cucurella and Rece James.
On the other side of the battle line, Adam Wharton returned to the Palace squad in the English Super Cup match, after he missed the late season last season because of injury, as well as captain Guehi. Daichi Kamada was forced to leave the field because of injury last weekend, so Will Hughes and Jefferson Lerma will compete to play in the midfield next to Wharton. Meanwhile, Eze is likely not to follow the team to Stamford Bridge due to this time, he prepared to join Tottenham.
