Chelsea vs Burnley – Team News: Full strength Chelsea have interesting left back tweak | OneFootball

Chelsea face Burnley at Stamford Bridge in just over an hour, and the teams are in!

Here are the full team line-ups for Chelsea vs Burnley (kick off at 15:00 GMT)

CHELSEA:

Chelsea’s team to face Burnley in the Premier League.

The Blues have had a week of rest since their last game, and Rosenior has picked the exact team we thought he would.

There’s only one tweak to what we expected. With Marc Cucurella out with a hamstring injury, there’s a space in the usual selection at left back. Jorrel Hato is Cucurella’s backup in theory, and he played last weekend against Hull in the FA Cup. However, today Rosenior has gone with more experience, playing Malo Gusto on the left.

It’s not a great sign for Hato, who never really earned the trust of Enzo Maresca and seems to be in a similar situation with Rosenior. He’s still 19 and has a long way to go in terms of development. But there’s no doubt he will be disappointed that he’s still not starting even when Cucurella is injured.

Apart from the absence of the Spaniard, this is about as strong a team as we could put out right now, and they’re all fresh and rested to boot. In a home game against the 19th placed team in the league, we hope to see some nice football and some goals today.

On the bench, there’s a notable return to the squad for Romeo Lavia, who played 45 minutes for the Under-21s yesterday.

In other news…

Chelsea are looking great under Liam Rosenior, and Wesley Fofana has been speaking about what they’re doing differently.

Joao Pedro has been in hot form lately, and will be fancied to score again today. His manager was hyping him up pre-game.

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