AFC Bournemouth vs Chelsea latest injury news as 6 ruled out and 3 more suspended

Chelsea are back in action on Saturday when they face AFC Bournemouth on the South coast. The Blues were beaten by Leeds United during the week, and they have just a one point advantage over Crystal Palace in fifth, while they are three behind Aston Villa in third.

Bournemouth started the season in excellent form, but they are on a slide down the table, now in the bottom half after failing to win any of their last five outings, including a defeat to Everton in the week.

Here we round up the latest injury news surrounding the two sides ahead of this one.

Ben Doak - Out

Doak is out until February with a hamstring issue. Iraola has said: “Ben has a hamstring injury, it's a bad one, and he will be out for some time. Today, we had a consult with a surgeon to see if it’s something that has to go through surgery, or we could go more conservative. Ben will be out for some months, which is really bad news.”

Ryan Christie - Out

Christie is out until around the end of December. Iraola confirmed just over a week ago: “It happened with the national team. He felt it straight away [vs Greece]... He came back... [and] wanted to play with us. At the end of the game, he felt something was not going well. We made the MRI. It could be 3-4 weeks, something like this.”

Lewis Cook - Out (Suspended)

Cook is suspended for this game after a recent red card.

Tyler Adams - Out (Suspended)

Adams has reached the yellow card limit and will serve a suspension here.

Matai Akinmboni - Out

Iraola said back in November: “It happened with the national team. He felt it straight away [vs Greece]... He came back... [and] wanted to play with us. At the end of the game, he felt something was not going well. We made the MRI. It could be 3-4 weeks, something like this.”

Levi Colwill - Out

Colwill is out for the season with a serious knee injury. It was confirmed back in August: “Levi has today undergone successful surgery [for] an ACL injury. Medical assessments confirmed surgery would be the required course of action. Levi will now begin his recovery and be supported by the medical department at Cobham during his rehab phase.”

Dario Essugo - Out

Essugo is likely to return in January. Maresca has said: “Dario, he was okay, started some sessions with us, but he needs to slow down a little bit and will be out, but we hope nothing important. We hope he will be fine.”

Romeo Lavia - Out

Lavia is not expected back from his hamstring issue until early January.

Moises Caicedo - Out (Suspended)

Caicedo continues to serve his suspension following his red card against Arsenal.

Mykhailo Mudryk - Out (Suspended)

Mudryk is suspended. A club statement in the summer read: “We can confirm that Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged with Anti-Doping Rule Violations alleging the presence and/or use of a prohibited substance, in terms of Regulations 3 and 4 of The FA's Anti-Doping Regulations. As this is an ongoing case, we are not in a position to comment further at this time.” Mudryk is not included in the final count due to the nature of his absence.

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