N’Golo Kante set for Chelsea return against Crystal Palace

Midfielder N’Golo Kante is available when Chelsea play Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Kante fainted at the Blues’ training ground ahead of last Sunday’s loss at Manchester City, which he missed, but has trained fully this week.

Defenders David Luiz (ankle) and Ethan Ampadu (hamstring) and midfielder Ross Barkley (hamstring) are out, but midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko is available again.

Crystal Palace will hand late fitness tests to Wilfried Zaha and Mamadou Sakho before Roy Hodgson selects his starting XI.

The pair are nearing first-team returns following respective knee ligament and calf injuries, while Hodgson also has the on-loan Timothy Fosu-Mensah available again following his ineligibility against parent club Manchester United.

Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Yohan Cabaye, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jason Puncheon, Bakary Sako, Connor Wickham and Julian Speroni are all still sidelined.