Michael Essien starts at right-back for today's game against Arsenal, as Michael Ballack is recalled to the starting line-up.
The German was a late substitute at Tottenham on Wednesday night, but plays in Avram Grant's only change to the eleven. Paulo Ferreira is absent today.
Didier Drogba again leads the line, but we are boosted by the return of Nicolas Anelka to the subs bench, after he missed the two previous games with a hamstring strain.
Arsenal start unchanged from the side that drew with Middlesbrough at the Emirates last week.
Chelsea will line-up in a 4-3-3 formation as follows:
23 Carlo Cudicini 5 Michael Essien 6 Ricardo Carvalho 26 John Terry (c) 3 Ashley Cole 13 Michael Ballack 4 Claude Makelele 8 Frank Lampard 10 Joe Cole 15 Didier Drogba 21 Salomon Kalou
Substitutes: 40 Hilario, 33 Alex, 35 Juliano Belletti, 12 John Mikel Obi, 39 Nicolas Anelka.
Arsenal are expected to line-up in the following 4-4-2 formation:
Almunia; Sagna, Gallas (c), Touré, Clichy; Eboué, Fàbregas, Flamini, Hleb; Van Persie, Adebayor.
Substitutes: Lehmann, Senderos, Diaby, Walcott, Bendtner
The referee is Mark Clattenburg.
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