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title: "Numerous absences for Chelsea and United before their clash in Round 9 of the Premier League"
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# Numerous absences for Chelsea and United before their clash in Round 9 of the Premier League

Chelsea host Manchester United in Round 9 of the Premier League on Saturday 31 October 2026 at 15:30 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time, amid significant absences on both sides.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 30 October 2026، 03:52 Saudi time

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Numerous absences for Chelsea and United before their clash in Round 9 of the Premier League

[Manchester United](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/manchester-united-210) travel to face [Chelsea](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/chelsea-212) in a match forming part of Round 9 of the [Premier League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/premier-league-15) for the 2026/27 season.

The match kicks off on Saturday 31 October 2026 at 15:30 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time, and will be broadcast on beIN SPORTS.

Chelsea will be without several players for this match, namely [Damián Emiliano Martínez Romero](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/dami%C3%A1n-emiliano-mart%C3%ADnez-romero-6066) for another reason, in addition to [Pep Chavarría](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/josep-mar%C3%ADa-chavarr%C3%ADa-p%C3%A9rez-6072), [Jamie Jermaine Bynoe-Gittens](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jamie-jermaine-bynoe-gittens-6091), [Reece Lewis James](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/reece-lewis-james-6077), [João Pedro](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jo%C3%A3o-pedro-junqueira-de-jesus-6092) and [Maxence Guy Lacroix](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/maxence-guy-lacroix-6078) due to injury.

On the other side, Manchester United also enter the match with numerous absences, missing [Marcus Rashford](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/marcus-rashford-6030), [Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/patrick-chinazaekpere-dorgu-6008), [Kobbie Boateng Mainoo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/kobbie-boateng-mainoo-6021), [Benjamin Šeško](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/benjamin-%C5%A1e%C5%A1ko-6031), [Luke Paul Hoare Shaw](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/luke-paul-hoare-shaw-6014), [Manuel Ugarte Ribeiro](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/manuel-ugarte-ribeiro-6024) and [Bruno Fernandes](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/bruno-fernandes-6018), all due to injury.

The list of absences on both sides is considerable ahead of this encounter in the Premier League.

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