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Chelsea's Emi Martinez to return in weeks after surgery

The goalkeeper will be fit in a few weeks following surgery for an injury sustained during Chelsea's win at Everton.

3 publishers · 4 articles · first seen 17 Oct 2026 · updated 20d ago

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The odds

How the odds moved · Chelsea
0%50%100%4%22 Sept, 13:09 UTCnowAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera: Chelsea’s injury-hit Emi Martinez will return to action ‘in a few weeks’ · 18 Oct, 08:40 UTCSI Feed: Emiliano Martinez Injury: Progress, Potential Return Date After Emergency Surgery · 18 Oct, 11:00 UTCBBC Sport: Martinez 'back in a few weeks' after operation · 18 Oct, 07:08 UTCBBC Sport: Chelsea's Martinez taken to hospital for 'precautionary tests' · 17 Oct, 16:02 UTC

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The story so far

3 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 17 Oct 2026. BBC Sport published first, on 17 October at 16:02 UTC; Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera followed 16h 38m later. The most recent article, from SI Feed, appeared on 18 October at 11:00 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera (major outlet), BBC Sport, SI Feed.

3 prediction markets price this story:

  • Chelsea — the market puts it at 4%, with $19k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 13 Jun 2027. The market resolves to Yes if Chelsea wins the 2026-27 English Premier League title. It resolves to No if they do not win that specific championship. Readers often mistake this for a prediction of their current performance or future seasons rather than the definitive outcome of the 2026-27 league.
  • Will Chelsea win the 2026-27 English Premier League (EPL) Championship? — the market puts it at 4%, with $8k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 30 May 2027. Yes resolves if Chelsea finishes first in the 2026-27 EPL standings; No resolves if they do not win or are mathematically eliminated before the season ends. The market closes on June 14, 2027, at 11:59 PM ET, and a winner must be declared by then. Readers often mistake this for a single-match result rather than the final league table standing.
  • Chelsea — resolved “No” on 24 Oct 2026. Chelsea must win the match against Tottenham within the standard 90 minutes of play, including any added stoppage time, for the outcome to be Yes. The result does not count if the game goes to extra time or penalty shootouts. Readers often mistakenly believe that a draw or a victory in extra time counts as a win for this market.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Chelsea at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. BBC SportChelsea's Martinez taken to hospital for 'precautionary tests'6%
  2. BBC SportMartinez 'back in a few weeks' after operation7%▲1 points since the previous source
  3. Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraChelsea’s injury-hit Emi Martinez will return to action ‘in a few weeks’7%
  4. SI FeedEmiliano Martinez Injury: Progress, Potential Return Date After Emergency Surgery6%▼1 points since the previous source
  5. Current odds4%

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. Chelsea’s injury-hit Emi Martinez will return to action ‘in a few weeks’ Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ·
  2. Emiliano Martinez Injury: Progress, Potential Return Date After Emergency Surgery SI Feed
  3. Martinez 'back in a few weeks' after operation BBC Sport
  4. Chelsea's Martinez taken to hospital for 'precautionary tests' BBC Sport

Related prediction markets

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  • Kalshi Chelsea 4% −4 $19k 24hends 13 Jun 2027

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  • Polymarket Will Chelsea win the 2026-27 English Premier League (EPL) Championship? 4% −3 $8k 24hends 30 May 2027

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  • Resolved Chelsea No 14d ago

    The market favoured Yes at 53% a day out, but No won. How often it's right

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  • Chelsea
  • Emi Martinez
  • Emiliano Martinez
  • Everton
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