Carlo Ancelotti will be keeping faith with the men that beat Arsenal at the weekend when we travel to Everton on Wednesday night.

The Chelsea manager expects no major changes from the line-up that disposed of the Gunners at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, meaning John Terry is available despite a dead leg sustained at the weekend.

'He will play, he had a little problem on his leg but he recovered very well and so will play tomorrow,' Ancelotti said of his captain.

'Only Deco has a little problem on his knee, didn't train yesterday, maybe today and we will take a decision if he can be in the squad for tomorrow.

'Belletti is missing tomorrow but will be ready after Everton and Essien and Bosingwa are recovering. Essien I think in one month will be ready and Bosingwa three weeks.'

Ancelotti is hopeful the game is a less eventful affair than December's 3-3 draw with David Moyes's side, which saw us concede three times from set-pieces.

'It was a strange game because we conceded three on set pieces,' Ancelotti recalled. 'In that game we played very well, scored three goals, tomorrow will be a different game I think. We need to win because we need to maintain the top of the list, it will not be easy because against Everton now is very difficult, they are playing well, lost against Liverpool in the last game but did fantastic before.

'We have to pay a lot of attention because it could be a very important moment in the Premiership, we have to play against Everton, Manchester has to play against Aston Villa, it could be an important day.'

Our hosts demonstrated two months ago their aerial ability, and led by Australian midfielder Tim Cahill, who has scored two headers in his last three games, they are sure to pose a threat. Ancelotti though believes we are now better equipped to deal with such an issue.

'I think so, I think so. We won a lot of games [with] set-pieces, we conceded some goals, but also scored a lot from set-pieces and won important games, the last game against Arsenal, we scored against Hull, we won against Manchester United on set-pieces, so we have to do better to avoid conceding goals but we are doing very well in front.'

Midweek action means there is no time to revel in Sunday's 2-0 win over our north London neighbours, a result which appears to have riled Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who argued that his side deserved more having had the majority of possession.

'I think that we had a very good performance because usually we keep control of the game with possession but I t was not necessary to have possession,' Ancelotti pointed out. 'Sometimes to keep control of the game with possession is dangerous if the opposition counter-attacks. Tactically we did very well.'

At Goodison Park on Wednesday, the Italian will want to amend the statistic that says we have won only one of our previous five league away games. He appreciates the importance of picking up as many points as possible on our travels.

'We want to win the league and have to win away,' he said. 'Tomorrow we have to do our best to win. We didn't change our philosophy away, [but] you have to know that away sometimes you play against teams that have more strength at home, they have the support of their fans and they can do better.'