Mauricio Pochettino has assessed his team ahead of this weekend’s trip to Brentford.

Defenders Thiago Silva and Marc Cucurella are doubts, but will be assessed ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Brentford at the Gtech Stadium.

Silva has missed the last five games with injury while Cucurella has not featured since early December.

Christopher Nkunku has suffered yet another injury, and will be out for around four weeks.

The 26-year-old had to wait until December to make his Chelsea debut due to injury, after joining from RB Leipzig in the summer.

Nkunku required surgery on a knee injury picked up in pre-season, and has barely played this season.

He has made only seven league appearances, scoring twice, in a season filled with injury challenges.

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has put it down to bad luck.

“It’s bad luck to suffer again a setback,” said Pochettino. “It’s tough for a player that hasn’t played too much this season.

“He came from Germany with some problems. He was so good in pre-season. It’s a difficult season for him. It’s difficult to accept.

“I say it’s bad luck because I don’t have the information and knowledge about medicine to say why this type of injury happens.”