Kurt Zouma is back in the first team squad for tonight's match against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light after months out with a serious injury, writes Paul Lagan.
The France defender is on the bench.
Eden Hazard is injured and Nemanja Matic is relegated to the bench, in come Cesc Fabregas and Willian.
The full teams are:
Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso; Willian, Diego Costa, Pedro
subs: Begovic, Ivanovic, Zouma, Chalobah, Matic, Loftus-Cheek, Batshuayi
Sunderland: Pickford; Jones, Djilobodji, Kone, O'Shea, V Aanholt; Denayer, Kirchoff, Januzaj, Borini, Defoe
subs: Mannone, Love, Asoro, Larsson, Khazri, Maja, Honeyman