As he indicated yesterday, Thomas Tuchel has named Timo Werner as the spearhead of his attack, with Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic in support.

With N’Golo Kante out injured, Jorginho is paired with Mateo Kovacic in the centre of midfield with Marcos Alonso returning as left wing-back and Reece James on the right.As well as Thiago Silva, who Tuchel has indicated ahead of the game is likely to be replaced during it by Andreas Christensen, the defence is comprised of Cesar Azpilicueta and Kurt Zouma, with Edouard Mendy in goal.

Former Blue Branislav Ivanovic is on the West Bromwich Albion bench. Their starting line-up is unchanged from their defeat at Crystal Palace in their most recent game, three weeks ago.

Chelsea Mendy; Azpilicueta (c), Thiago Silva, Zouma; James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso; Ziyech, Pulisic; Werner.

Subs Kepa, Rudiger, Christensen, Chilwell, Hudson-Odoi, Gilmour, Mount, Havertz, Giroud.West Bromwich Johnstone; O’Shea, Bartley (c), Ajayi; Furlong, Phillips, Yokuslu, Maitland-Niles, Townsend; Pereira, Diagne.

Subs Button, Ivanovic, Peltier, Livermore, Diangana, Snodgrass, Robson-Kanu, Robinson, Grant.

Referee David Coote

Stats recap

Only Manchester City (21) have conceded fewer Premier League goals this season than Chelsea (25).Chelsea are going for a club record eighth successive clean sheet in all competitions, having equalled the previous record of seven against Sheffield United, that was first set in 1905/06 and then again in 2003/04 and 2005/06 (twice).Against Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge, Edouard Mendy kept his 20th clean since he joined us in September last year. He is the 24th Chelsea goalkeeper to achieve 20 clean sheets and in that group, he has a higher clean sheet ratio than any other Blues keeper.Chelsea are yet to concede a goal in our five Premier League home games under Thomas Tuchel. Kevin De Bruyne was the last opponent to score a league goal at the Bridge in Man City’s 3-1 win on 3 January.In English top-flight history, the only team to keep a clean sheet in their first six home league games under a specific manager are Man City under Ron Saunders in 1973/74.