Chelsea will be looking to make the perfect start to their 2021-22 Premier League campaign when they welcome Crystal Palace to Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

The Blues will enter the contest off the back of winning the UEFA Super Cup, while Palace have enjoyed a strong pre-season, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for the two sides.

CHELSEA vs. CRYSTAL PALACE

CHELSEA

Out: Hakim Ziyech (shoulder), Romelu Lukaku (isolation)

Doubtful: N'Golo Kante (unknown)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger; Hudson-Odoi, Kante, Jorginho, Alonso; Mount, Werner, Havertz

CRYSTAL PALACE

Out: Eberechi Eze (Achilles), Nathan Ferguson (Achilles)

Doubtful: Michael Olise (back), Luka Milivojevic (fitness)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Guaita; Ward, Kouyate, Guehi, Mitchell; McArthur, Riedewald, Schlupp; Zaha, Mateta, Ayew

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	11	9	1	1	21	6	15	28
2	Manchester City Man City	11	7	2	2	22	13	9	23
3	Chelsea	12	6	4	2	23	14	9	22
4	Arsenal	12	6	4	2	21	12	9	22
5	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	12	6	4	2	21	16	5	22
6	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	12	5	4	3	15	13	2	19
7	Aston Villa	12	5	4	3	19	19	0	19
8	Newcastle United Newcastle	11	5	3	3	13	11	2	18
9	Fulham	12	5	3	4	17	17	0	18
10	Brentford	12	5	2	5	22	22	0	17
11	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	11	5	1	5	23	13	10	16
12	Manchester United Man Utd	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	15
13	Bournemouth	12	4	3	5	16	17	-1	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	11	3	3	5	13	19	-6	12
15	Everton	12	2	5	5	10	17	-7	11
16	Leicester City Leicester	12	2	4	6	15	23	-8	10
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	12	2	3	7	20	28	-8	9
18	Crystal Palace	12	1	5	6	10	17	-7	8
19	Ipswich Town Ipswich	11	1	5	5	12	22	-10	8
20	Southampton	11	1	1	9	7	21	-14	4