This follows the TV broadcast selections already made for August and September, which sees us start the new campaign live on Sky Sports in the Saturday teatime slot next weekend against Everton at Goodison Park.

The month of October has a trio of matches altered for Thomas Tuchel's Blues, starting with our trip to Aston Villa which now takes place on Sunday 16 October, kick-off 2pm and screened live on Sky Sports.

Our visit across west London to Brentford the following midweek will now take place on Thursday 20 October with a 7.30pm kick-off. Amazon will broadcast that game live.

Three days later, we host Manchester United at Stamford Bridge and that now gets underway on Sunday 23 October at 4.30pm, live on Sky Sports.

The Brentford and United fixture changes remain subject to our involvement in the Champions League the Tuesday after and could be altered again. The group stage draw takes place on Thursday 25 August in Istanbul.