Reece James returns to the Chelsea side for tonight’s Champions League round of 16 second-leg decider against Borussia Dortmund.

Chelsea vs Dortmund lineups

The defender returns as one of two changes Graham Potter makes to the team that started Saturday’s win against Leeds, James having missed that one with a tight hamstring.

Elsewhere Marc Cucurella comes in for Benoit Badiashile, who is ineligible. It looks like a back three again, with James and Ben Chilwell operating at wing-back.

Enzo partners skipper Mateo Kovacic in midfield, and Potter keeps faith with the front three of Kai Havertz, Joao Felix and Raheem Sterling that looked dangerous on Saturday.


Dortmund make two changes to the side that started the first leg, with keeper Gregor Kobel on the bench after injury and first-leg scorer Karim Adeyemi unavailable. Alexander Meyer and Marco Reus come in.

Chelsea: Kepa, W.Fofana, Koulibaly, Cucurella, James, Enzo, Kovacic (c), Chilwell, Sterling, Havertz, Joao Felix.

Subs: Bergstrom, Bettinelli, Hall, Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek, Gallagher, Zakaria, Chukwuemeka, Mudryk, Pulisic, Ziyech

Dortmund: Meyer; Wolf, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro; Can; Brandt, Bellingham, Ozcan, Reus (c); Haller.

Subs: Kobel, Unbehaun, Hummels, Meunier, Reyna, Dahoud, Passlack, Bynoe-Gittens, Malen, Rothe, Coulibaly, Modeste.

The referee is Danny Makkelie from the Netherlands