The team is the one named by Carlo Ancelotti well ahead of kick-off. That means a full debut for Daniel Sturridge.

The 20-year-old will partner Salomon Kalou in attack with Joe Cole expected to play in behind the front two.

Deco will anchor midfield and behind the Portuguese international, Alex begins his first senior game since the FA Cup Final.

Paulo Ferreira is at left-back with Juliano Belletti returning to the right. Michael Ballack is captain.

There is no Kevin Davies for Bolton. Ivan Klasnic, a scorer against Everton at the weekend, is the lone striker. Ali Al Habsi is the goalkeeper with Jussi Jaaskelainen on the bench.

Chelsea will line up in a 4-diamond-2 formation as follows:

40 Hilario
35 Juliano Belletti
33 Alex
2 Branislav Ivanovic
19 Paulo Ferreira
20 Deco
13 Michael Ballack (c)
15 Florent Malouda
10 Joe Cole
21 Salomon Kalou
23 Daniel Sturridge

Substitutes: 22 Ross Turnbull, 41 Jeffrey Bruma, 24 Nemanja Matic, 5 Michael Essien, 8 Frank Lampard, 45 Fabio Borini, 11 Didier Drogba.

Bolton are expected to line up in the following 4-5-1 formation:

Al Habsi; Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Samuel; Steinsson, Muamba, M Davies, Taylor, Gardner (c); Klasnic.

Substitutes: Jaaskelainen, Robinson, Lee, Basham, O'Brien, Cohen, Elmander.

The referee is Andre Marriner.

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