Ruben Loftus-Cheek is again in apply, however Blues boss Graham Potter shouldn’t be anticipated to convey him to the high-profile Premier League match at Stamford Bridge.

It leaves the blues with out Reece James, Ben Chilwell, N’Golo Kante, Wesley Fofana, Armando Broja and Edouard Mendy.

James and Chilwell are anticipated to be off the sector for not less than three extra weeks, however Fofana and Mendy might return subsequent week.

Broja will doubtless be out of the season after struggling a knee harm in a pleasant match in mid-December, whereas Kante will return from hamstring surgical procedure on the finish of February.

With 19-year-old midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka coming back from a knee-crust harm and showing in its place towards Nottingham Forest, the brand new £8.6m signing David Datro Fofana is not going to leap straight into first-team motion.

Along with his choices nonetheless working low, Potter may nonetheless change to the identical back-three method used towards champions in November, although he wasn’t in a position to stave off defeat within the Carabao Cup.

Trevoh would see Chalobah reintroduced on the again line, however a crew largely much like the one which didn’t beat Forest on Sunday.

Predicted Chelsea XI (3-4-3): Kepa; Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly; Azpilicueta, Kovacic, Jorginho, Cucurella; Pulisic, Havertz, Mount.