Carroll, Chicharito, Reid, Kouyate updates

Andy Carroll remains no better than 50-50 to make a return to the side against Chelsea tomorrow and Cheik Kouyate is battling to be fit after sustaining a hamstring injury.

Sources inside the club told us this morning that both Carroll and Javier Hernandez are more likely to be on the bench than in the team.

Chicharito has only been back in training for three days and David Moyes is unlikely to launch him into such a match with so little training behind him.

Kouyate is reported as a major doubt and Winston Reid is battling to recover from a hamstring injury and James Collins remains sidelined.

Both defenders have only been back in training for three days and it’s likely that Declan Rice and Angelo Ogbonna are set to form the central defensive partnership.