Danny Drinkwater starts for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, where Eden Hazard is rested.
Hazard is on the bench for the Blues, as are Cesc Fabregas and Tiemoue Bakayoko. Willian and Pedro are recalled to the side as support for striker Alvaro Morata.
Andreas Christensen is back in the squad after illness and is among Chelsea’s substitutes.
Injury-hit Stoke make six changes. They have major problems in defence, with Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi and Glen Johnson all injured and on-loan Chelsea man Kurt Zouma ineligible to play against his former club.
Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Rudiger; Moses, Kante, Drinkwater, Alonso; Willian, Morata, Pedro
Subs: Caballero, Fabregas, Bakayoko, Hazard, Zappacosta, Batshuayi, Christensen.
Stoke: Butland, Wimmer, Edwards, Cameron, Tymon, Fletcher, Adam, Afellay, Sobhi, Diouf, Berahino.
Subs: Grant, Allen, Choupo-Moting, Shaqiri, Crouch, Ngoy, Souttar.
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