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Chelsea will make a late decision over whether to field Willian against Jose Mourinho's Manchester United on Sunday following the death of his mother.
Midfielder Willian returned from compassionate leave on Thursday, while Oscar has also been away following a family bereavement, but defender John Terry could return after another full week of training following an ankle injury.
Midfielder Cesc Fabregas (thigh) and defender Branislav Ivanovic, who has a minor injury to an undisclosed muscle, are out, while defender Kurt Zouma is set to return to first-team training next week following his long-term knee injury.
Provisional squad:Â Courtois, Begovic, Alonso, Kante, Oscar, Hazard, Pedro, Mikel, Loftus-Cheek, Moses, Costa, Matic, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Luiz, Eduardo, Aina.
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Manchester United
Manchester United defender Chris Smalling will be assessed ahead of Sunday's Premier League clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
The centre-back came off at half-time in Thursday's Europa League victory over Fenerbahce due to what United have described as a minor muscular injury.
Red Devils boss Jose Mourinho on Thursday said playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who was absent from the matchday squad for an eighth straight game, will be "ready very soon to play" having recovered from a thigh injury.
Provisional squad:Â De Gea, Romero, Valencia, Darmian, Bailly, Smalling, Fosu-Mensah, Blind, Shaw, Rojo, Herrera, Fellaini, Carrick, Schneiderlin, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Young, Depay, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Rashford, Ibrahimovic, Rooney.
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Chelsea have not lost any of their last seven league games against Manchester United (W3 D4). They’ve never gone eight without defeat against United in their league history.
Manchester United have lost more Premier League fixtures against Chelsea than any other side (16).
Of those 16 Chelsea wins against Manchester United, five were recorded by Jose Mourinho, more than any other boss for the Blues.
Jose Mourinho lost just one league game at Stamford Bridge between 2004/05 and 2014/15 (W76 D21). He then lost four of his final eight games there in 2015/16 (W3 D1).
The only time in his career Mourinho has managed an opposition side at Stamford Bridge was with Inter Milan in March 2010, knocking out Chelsea in the Champions League.
David Luiz has twice scored against Manchester United in the Premier League but his only own goal is against the Red Devils.
Wayne Rooney has gone six Premier League games without scoring against Chelsea, this after converting two penalties against them in February 2012.
Manchester United have won just one of their last eight Premier League trips to London (W1 D3 L4).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored against Chelsea in both of his appearances against them last season in the Champions League.
After scoring with four of his first 15 shots in the Premier League, Ibrahimovic has failed to find the net with any of his last 26 in the competition.
Diego Costa has scored seven times in his opening eight league games this season. Only two Chelsea players have scored more goals in their first eight matches of a campaign – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in 2001/02 (8) and Diego Costa himself in 2014/15 (9).
This season, Jose Mourinho has registered his lowest points total (14) after his first eight league games with a new club since his stint with Uniao de Leiria (10 points).
Since his debut in August 2012, Eden Hazard has scored more Premier League goals than any other midfielder in the competition (44). Daily Mail
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