Reece James has been passed fit and comes into the side with Callum Hudson-Odoi expected to play in a more forward role.

Tammy Abraham makes way so Timo Werner will lead the attack. Hakim Ziyech returns to the bench having been rested last game.

Speaking about James' inclusion and whether it means a change in shape, Thomas Tuchel said:

‘A little bit. This is what we have in the pocket, and this is what we can decide because we have a squad with many good players. They deserve to play.

‘We change from game to game what suits us best. Today is Reece’s turn to show up, and I hope he can.’

Spurs bring in Eric Dier, Serge Aurier and Carlos Vinicius.

Chelsea Mendy; Azpilicueta (c), Thiago Silva, Rudiger, James, Kovacic, Jorginho, Alonso, Hudson-Odoi, Mount, Werner.

Subs Kepa, Christensen, Chilwell, Emerson, Kante, Pulisic, Ziyech, Giroud, Abraham.

Tottenham Lloris (c); Aurier, Alderweireld, Dier, Davies, Hojbjerg, Sissoko, Ndombele, Bergwijn, Son, Vinicius.

Subs Hart, Doherty, Tanganga, Rondon, Sanchez, Winks, Lamela, Bale, Moura.

The referee is Andre Marriner.

Stats recap

We have won 12 away Premier League games against Tottenham. Only versus Southampton (13) and Man City (12) have we won more on the road in the competition.Chelsea are looking to extend our unbeaten Premier League run against Tottenham to five games. The last time we achieved that was when we avoided defeat for nine games between 2010 and 2014.We are looking to win consecutive away league matches at Tottenham for the first time since a run of three between April 2004 and August 2005.Tottenham’s last league victory against us was at Wembley in November 2018 when they won 3-1.Chelsea have won more Premier League matches against Tottenham (30) than we have against any other team in the competition.

In Thomas Tuchel’s first two games in charge, Chelsea have had 33 shots, 13 of them on target, scored two goals, conceded a total of five shots, none of them on target.Only Ederson (12) and Emiliano Martinez (10) have kept more clean sheets in the Premier League than Edouard Mendy (9).Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso both scored their first goals of the season against Burnley, taking the total number of different Chelsea players to score this season to 16. Azpilicueta has now scored under six different Chelsea managers/head coaches.