Chelsea vs. Liverpool: Dec 5, 2026

Gomez (strain) is expected to miss a few weeks due to his injury, according to manager Andoni Iraola. "Joe has a muscle injury. I think it was quite clear since he complained straight away, so it will depend on how he evolves, but he will be some weeks off. It's a muscle injury, and [with] muscle injuries, it is difficult to say one day, but normally I always put myself as one month. If it goes very good the injury is a little bit less, if [not] it goes a little more. It's not massive, it's a normal muscle injury, [but] I think it's going to be impossible to have him for the start of the season because we are not so far [away]. It shouldn't be a lot more."

Isak is ready for preseason with Liverpool and will get minutes in Sunday's friendly against Leeds United, according to coach Andoni Iraola. "Yes, my idea is for Ryan, for Florian, for Alex, for even Jeremy to have their first minutes against Leeds, we'll see how many minutes they can play but we have to start slowly, slowly integrating more of the senior players that have had less training sessions, I think they should be ready on the weekend to have their first minutes."

Palmer is feeling good ahead of the 2026/27 Premier League season, cleared from his last season injury and motivated to play under new manager Xabi Alonso, he said to the media, according to Simon Johnson of The Athletic. "I did not really know how to deal with it (his injury last season). The first few months, with me being injured, I just wanted to go out and play. Which I probably should not have done. Obviously I could not play how I wanted to play. It was a bad season personally with injuries and stuff but I feel good now. The seven weeks obviously helped. I am ready to go again."

Lavia (hamstring) is expected to be fit for Saturday's clash against Tottenham, according to coach Xabi Alonso, per Football London. "He's okay for tomorrow."