The Blues travel to the Etihad Stadium for the 5.30pm kick off in fourth place, with Saturday afternoon's fixtures still taking place, while City are in fifth, two points behind.

Levi Colwill and Enzo Fernandez missed Monday night's 3-1 win over Wolves through injury but return to the starting line-up tonight, with Tosin Adarabioyo and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall moving to the bench.

Jadon Sancho is also back in the XI as Pedro Neto's replacement, but as expected the game has come too soon for Romeo Lavia.

It means Robert Sanchez continues in goal, with a back four of Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah, Colwill and Marc Cucurella.

Moises Caicedo and Fernandez start in midfield, with Cole Palmer in the more advanced central role, while Noni Madueke and Sancho occupy the flanks.

Nicolas Jackson leads the line once more, with a strong bench that includes Dewsbury-Hall, Neto, Christopher Nkunku, and Marc Guiu as attacking options.

As for our opposition, new signings Abdukodir Khusanov and Omar Marmoush are both handed immediate debuts, while fellow January signing Vitor Reis is named on the bench.

Chelsea: Sanchez; James (c), Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson

Substitutes: Jorgensen, Gusto, Acheampong, Disasi, Tosin, Dewsbury-Hall, Neto, Nkunku, Guiu

Man City: Ederson, Nunes, Khusanov, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo (c), Marmoush, Foden, Haaland

Substitutes: Ortega, Stones, Grealish, De Bruyne, Reis, Savio, O’Reilly, Lewis, McAtee