{"id":325669,"date":"2025-12-02T08:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325669\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:11:23","slug":"two-chelsea-players-named-in-premier-league-team-of-the-month-moises-caicedo-somehow-misses-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325669\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Chelsea players named in Premier League Team of the Month, Moises Caicedo somehow misses out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chelsea rounded off November with a 1-1 draw against Arsenal, seeing them finish the month unbeaten in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/enzo-maresca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enzo Maresca<\/a> will have been proud of the efforts of his players after going down to 10 men in the first half following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/moises-caicedo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moises Caicedo\u2019s<\/a> sending off.<\/p>\n<p>They also took great strides in the Champions League. The Blues moved into the automatic qualifying places in the group stages following a dominant win over Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>What changes would you make?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"960\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chelsea-predicted-xi-vs-leeds.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-338894\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>Caicedo and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/marc-cucurella\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Cucurella<\/a> picked up plenty of praise throughout the month, however both were overlooked when it came to WhoScored\u2019s best team of November.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249301746-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea v Arsenal - Premier League\" \/>Photo by Robin Jones\/Getty ImagesWesley Fofana and Joao Pedro named in Premier League team of November<\/p>\n<p>There was some Chelsea representation though. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/wesley-fofana\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wesley Fofana<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/joao-pedro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joao Pedro<\/a> were named in the side.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian returned to the scoresheet big time last month, scoring against Tottenham and Wolves to take his Premier League tally to four.<\/p>\n<p>Fofana meanwhile has only made six league appearances this season, he started three games in November, only conceding once to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/enzo-maresca-gives-concerning-reason-for-dropping-wesley-fofana-for-chelseas-trip-to-burnley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fofana has continued to struggle with fitness<\/a>, however is being managed well after Maresca has shown he can help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/reece-james\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reece James<\/a> in the same way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249303496-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea v Arsenal - Premier League\" \/>Photo by David Price\/Arsenal FC via Getty ImagesFofana and Pedro both rotation risks for Leeds vs Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Despite strong months for the pair, there is a strong chance neither start the next Premier League game against Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>Maresca will be looking to ring the changes, already confirming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/enzo-maresca-is-ready-to-make-tough-reece-james-call-against-leeds-after-arsenal-masterclass\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James cannot play 90 minutes again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the likes of Josh Acheampong and Benoit Badiashile waiting in the wings, there are likely to be changes, despite Fofana and Trevoh Chalobah forming a strong partnership in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Joao Pedro could also be replaced by Liam Delap. The Englishman came on in the second half against Arsenal, but had little opportunity to impact proceedings due to the situation of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea rounded off November with a 1-1 draw against Arsenal, seeing them finish the month unbeaten in all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7858,403,99,52527],"class_list":{"0":"post-325669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-joao-pedro","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wesley-fofana"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}