Predicted XI: Enzo Maresca has to risk it all with this changed up team selection | OneFootball

All the news around Chelsea right now is about Enzo Maresca, who had an astonishing outburst on Saturday after beating Everton.

But there’s a game to be played tonight against Cardiff in the EFL Cup quarter final, where Maresca will face off against one of his old colleagues, Brian Barry-Murphy.

Here’s who we think the Chelsea boss will pick.

Chelsea forced to rotate key players as fixture pressures bite

Filip Jorgensen in action for Chelsea. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Robert Sanchez has been playing every week, and we expect him to play every game pretty much from now on. This could be one of Filip Jorgensen’s last starts of the season.

At the back, Josh Acheampong is a sure starter, with Benoit Badiashile and Tosin Adarabioyo the likely second string pair in the middle of defence. Jorrel Hato clearly isn’t really trusted, but Marc Cucurella is suspended, so he gets a much needed break, probably just at the right moment.

In midfield, Moises Caicedo may start because of his recent suspension limiting his minutes. That adds some experience to an otherwise heavily rotated side. Andrey Santos will play alongside him. In attack it will be Jamie Gittens on the left and Tyrique George may play on the right in his final appearance before a likely January departure.

Marc Guiu surely gets the nod up top.

Maresca has been criticised for rotating too much, but he simply doesn’t have much choice at the moment. He’s got to keep his team fit for the weekend.

In other news…

David Ornstein has been speaking to NBC Sport about what the background to Enzo Maresca’s outburst over the weekend was.

Chelsea won over Everton on Saturday, and one of their star players was Trevoh Chalobah, who is growing into more and more of a leader.