The initial XI from Mauricio Pochettino for this match is the same as we lined up against Luton Town in our last Premier League game, with Robert Sanchez in goal behind a defence of Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva and Levi Colwill.

Malo Gusto is on the right with Ben Chilwell captaining the Blues again from the left in the absence of Reece James, while the midfield trio of Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez and Conor Gallagher also remain.

Raheem Sterling will partner Nicolas Jackson up front, but there are two new attacking players included on Pochettino's bench today. Cole Palmer, who joined Chelsea from Manchester City on deadline day yesterday, makes the bench, as does Brazilian teenager Deivid Washington, who signed for the Blues earlier in the summer.

Nottingham Forest make one change from the team which lost 3-2 to Manchester United in their last league game, with Orel Mangala coming into midfield, following the departure of Brennan Johnson to Tottenham yesterday.

Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Gallagher, Caicedo, Enzo, Sterling, Jackson, Chilwell (c)

Substitutes: Bergstrom, Petrovic, Cucurella, Maatsen, Ugochukwu, Madueke, Mudryk, Palmer, Washington

Nottingham Forest: Turner, Worrall, McKenna, Boly, Aurier, Yates, Mangala, Danilo, Aina, Gibbs-White, Awoniyi

Substitutes: Horvath, Felipe, Niakhate, Tavares, Aguilera, Kouyate, Montiel, Elanga, Wood

Referee: Tim Robinson