According to Nathan Gissing, Chelsea defender Benoit Badiashile is recovering well from his hamstring injury and is back in training faster than expected.

“Badiashile’s recovery from his hamstring injury is going faster than expected,” reports Gissing.

“He is currently ahead of schedule & is expected to return to individual training in the next week.

“Chelsea have set a target for the defender to be available for the third game of the season.”