Similarly, Burnley boss Sean Dyche makes five changes to the team that beat Peterborough 4-2 in their FA Cup outing. Hart, Long and Pieters drop to the bench, while Johan Berg Gudmundsson and Jay Rodriguez drop out due to injury, joining Ashley Barnes on the treatment table. Pope, Taylor, Mee, Westwood and McNeil come into the side.
Frank Lampard retains just five players from the Chelsea side that beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the FA Cup last time out. James, Christensen, Barkley, Jorginho and Hudson-Odoi all keep their spots as six changes are made. Christian Pulisic, Marcos Alonso, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and N’Golo Kante are all absent through injury.
Burnley substitutes: Phil Bardsley, Erik Pieters, Kevin Long, Ben Gibson, Ali Koiki, Joe Hart, Matej Vydra.
Burnley XI (4-4-1-1): Nick Pope; Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor; Aaron Lennon, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil; Jeff Hendrick; Chris Wood.
Chelsea substitutes: Kurt Zouma, Fikayo Tomori, Pedro, Willy Caballero, Michy Batshuayi, Emerson, Mateo Kovacic.
Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa Arrizabalaga; Reece James, Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen, Cesar Azpilicueta; Ross Barkley, Jorginho, Mason Mount; Willian, Tammy Abraham, Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Chelsea have suffered a number of disappointing results against teams in the bottom half of the table in the last few weeks and will be keen to avoid slipping up again as they host 15th-placed Burnley.
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