Very bad timing for these injuries. They might not seem significant injuries regarding the players stature but they are integral in our system especially with the amount of games coming up. Demicheles might have to fill in the holding midfield role until injuries start to ease. Although him and Fernandinho are in the same boat for Saturdays game with no time for rest. Hopefully Fernando might be ready for the West Ham game. Barring anymore injuries and Sagna recovers I would pick an unchanged line up against Palace with KDB starting on the bench. If Sagna doesn't make it I would put in Otamendi (although not ideal). Tough game this and a draw wont be the end of the world. It would be nice to maintain this 5 point gap against the bigger clubs as long as we can.