The line-up for this fixture is out, and Brentford boss Thomas Frank has made four changes to the side that lost to West Ham on Monday.

For Chelsea, Mauricio Pochettino has made five changes to the side who beat Leeds in the FA Cup in midweek.

Djordje Petrovic, Ben Chilwell, Levi Colwill, Cole Palmer and Conor Gallagher come into the starting eleven, as Robert Sanchez, Alfie Gilchrist, Raheem Sterling, Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke drop to the bench.

Thiago Silva is back on the bench after recovering from a groin injury alongside Marc Cucurella who passed a late fitness test.

See the teams below

Brentford starting XI: Flekken, Collins, Ajer, Zanka, Reguilon, Janelt, Norgaard, Onyeka, Roerslev, Wissa, Toney.

Subs: Strakosha, Maupay, Jensen, Ghoddos, Lewis Potter, Damsgaard, Baptiste, Yarmoliuk, Kim Ji-Soo.

Chelsea starting XI: Petrovic, Gusto, Disasi, Chalobah, Chilwell, Colwill, Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer, Gallagher, Jackson.

Subs: Sanchez, Cucurella, Silva, Sterling, Mudryk, Madueke, Casadei, Gilchrist, Tauriainen.

Christopher Nkunku, Reece James, Benoit Badiashile and Romeo Lavia are the Blues still sidelined.