Maresca returns to his former club Leicester today and has included another former Foxes man in his back line, although Wesley Fofana could shift to right-back for this game. That is due to a change elsewhere in defence, as Benoit Badiashile comes in for Malo Gusto.

Badiashile is expected to line up alongside Levi Colwill in the middle, with Marc Cucurella continuing on the left. Robert Sanchez continues in goal.

In midfield, Enzo Fernandez replaces Romeo Lavia and will captain Chelsea today, while resuming the all-South American partnership with Moises Caicedo.

Nicolas Jackson will lead the attack, again supported by England duo Noni Madueke and Cole Palmer, but this time they will be joined by Joao Felix, with Pedro Neto the third player making way at the King Power Stadium.

Although he misses out on the starting line-up, Lavia is okay to take a place among the substitutes, after withdrawing from international duty with Belgium last week.

Leicester make four changes to the team which lost 3-0 at Manchester United in their last game before the international break, with Caleb Okoli, Jamie Vardy, Bilal El Khannouss and Kasey McAteer replacing Jannik Vestergaard, Facundo Buonanotte, Jordan Ayew and Issahaku Fatawu.

Chelsea: Sanchez, Fofana, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez (c), Madueke, Palmer, Joao Felix, Jackson

Substitutes: Bettinelli, Jorgensen, Tosin, Veiga, Lavia, Dewsbury-Hall, Mudryk, Sancho, Nkunku

Leicester: Hermansen, Justin, Okoli, Faes, Kristiansen, Ndidi, Winks, Soumare, McAteer, Vardy (c), El Khannouss

Substitutes: Ward, Coady, Thomas, Choudhury, Skipp, De Cordova-Reid, Mavididi, Ayew, Daka