Jorginho and Mason Mount return to the starting XI, and there is also a place in the side for Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Malang Sarr, Mateo Kovacic and Christian Pulisic all drop to the bench. It is a conventional back four with Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso at full-back, and Mason Mount and Hakim Ziyech playing off Romelu Lukaku and Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Jorginho’s inclusion means he starts a Chelsea game for the 150th time, while 17-year-old Lewis Hall is on the bench.

Brighton also make three changes, with Adam Lallana, Leandro Trossard and Neal Maupay making way for Tariq Lamptey, Steven Alzate and Danny Welbeck.

Chelsea (4-2-2-2): Kepa; Azpilicueta (c), Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Alonso; Kante, Jorginho; Ziyech, Mount; Lukaku, Hudson-Odoi

Subs: Bettinelli, Hall, Sarr, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek, Saul, Havertz, Pulisic, Werner

Brighton: Sanchez, Lamptey, Veltman, Webster (c), Burn, Cucurella, Gross, Moder, Mac Allister, Welbeck, Alzate

Subs: Scherpen, McGill, Caicedo, Roberts, Leonard, Ferguson, Caicedo, March, Trossard, Maupay.