The month starts with a trip to Leicester City on Saturday 1 February, with kick-off now at the earlier time of 12.30pm at the King Power Stadium. The game will be screened on BT Sport.

That will be followed by a free weekend for Chelsea as the Premier League introduces a winter player break for the first time. One round of league matches are split over two weekends following an agreement between the FA, Premier League and EFL designed to alleviate the congested fixture schedule for English clubs.

Following the pause, we return with a home fixture against Manchester United, which will now be played on Monday 17 February, kick-off 8pm and live on Sky Sports.

The next weekend sees another tantalising contest at Stamford Bridge as we host Tottenham. The date remains as Saturday 22 February, albeit at the lunchtime kick-off time of 12.30pm. BT Sport will show it live.

Champions League football then returns to SW6 as the Blues take on Bayern Munich on Tuesday 25 February before the final match of the month on Saturday 29 February away at Bournemouth, which remains at 3pm.