Return of trio boosts Pardew's hopes

Alan Pardew will be buoyed by the return of three key players for West Bromwich Albion's trip to Chelsea on Monday night.

Jonny Evans, Kieran Gibbs and Grzegorz Krychowiak are all set to return having missed the home defeat by Southampton last weekend.

The West Brom manager is grateful for their return as he looks to keep his side, bottom of the league, in touch with the clubs above them.

"We can look at games after and say, 'OK, we have a decent run of games' but we need to put some points on the board," Pardew told West Brom's official website.

"It's been one of those weeks where we've had to re-position ourselves in our minds and say, 'We really are going to carry the fight' and the first port of call is going to be Chelsea."

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