An in-form Chelsea side play hosts to Aston Villa on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge in the third round fixture list of the EFL Cup.
The Blues had defeated the Villa Park outfit the last time these two sides met earlier this month in Premier League in a game won rather comfortably by Thomas Tuchel’s men.
Let us now have a look at how Thomas Tuchel might set up his Chelsea side against Aston Villa –
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Edouard Mendy will drop down to the bench for the midweek fixture and earn some rest with Kepa in line to be the man between the sticks for Chelsea.
The likes of Trevor Chalobah and Ben Chilwell will hope to return to the starting teamsheet at the back for the hosts with Chilwell yet to make his first start of this new season.
N’Golo Kante was brought off the bench in the win over Spurs on Sunday and the Frenchman could be in the fray for making it to the starting XI with either Mateo Kovacic and Jorginho the probable names to be relegated to the bench.
Timo Werner will be gunning for a starting role in the Chelsea shirt after falling down the pecking order since the big-money signing of Romelu Lukaku in this summer’s transfer window.
