Premier League · Sun 8 Nov, 14:00 GMT
Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Sunderland make their ground a fortress and play with energy. Chelsea's last game before the international break. Pick the eleven, choose the shape and see if it holds.
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Drag a player onto the pitch, or tap a player and then a shirt. I'll tell you what I think of every one.
Every pick and every change of plan moves these numbers.
Our predicted Chelsea starting XI for Sunderland vs Chelsea in a 4-3-3: the strongest eleven for each position from the current squad, with injured and unavailable players left out. Squad information as of 23 October 2026. Looking for the Chelsea lineup today? The confirmed Chelsea line up is announced about an hour before kick-off; until then, this is the prediction.
Disagree with the prediction? Use the lineup builder above to pick your own starting XI and formation, then play the match to see how it goes.
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Chelsea are predicted to line up in a 4-3-3: Gabriel Slonina; Levi Colwill, Maxence Lacroix, Wesley Fofana, Malo Gusto; Jordan Henderson, Moises Caicedo, Valentin Barco; Morgan Rogers, Joao Pedro, Cole Palmer. Squad information as of 23 October 2026.
Sunday 8 November 2026, 14:00 GMT, at Stadium of Light, Sunderland (Premier League).
Emiliano Martinez (injured: fractured jaw, had surgery; back in a few weeks); Reece James (injured: knee, back around the new year).
About an hour before kick-off. Until then this is the predicted Chelsea line-up, and you can pick your own starting XI on this page and play the match.
A pre-match game. Sunderland v Chelsea has not been played yet, so there is no real result to match — you choose the Chelsea eleven, place every player wherever you like, set the approach, and the match runs on the spot.
This is not a prediction game. Nobody is keeping score and there is nothing to get right — the match has not been played yet, so there is no correct answer to find. Pick the eleven you would pick, or the eleven nobody would dare, and see what your team does with it.
This game comes down once the real match has finished. The full simulation — where you take the touchline in a match that really happened and change how it actually ended — lives on MatchRewrite permanently. Browse the clubs.
Before this one kicks off, play the matches that have already happened involving Sunderland and Chelsea. Each one is the real line-ups and the real result, and you make the calls that decided it.
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