Chelsea face Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge in just under an hour, and the teams are in!
We expected rotation – and we got it.
Kepa keeps his place in goal as Edu Mendy recovers from his rib injury, while at the back there’s a return to the team for Reece James and Trevoh Chalobah, while Malang Sarr makes his Chelsea debut.
Callum Hudson-Odoi plays at right wing back, with a season debut for Ben Chilwell opposite him on the left.
Saul gets a start alongside N’Golo Kante in midfield to try and improve on his poor debut against the same team two weeks ago in the league. Timo Werner leads the line, flanked by the recovered Hakim Ziyech and Ruben Loftus Cheek.
We’re not quite sure how that attack will line up – but we can’t wait to see.
Here are the full team line-ups for Chelsea vs Aston Villa (kick off at 19:45 pm GMT)
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