Michael Ballack's place is taken by Florent Malouda while Jose Bosingwa, injured for the Liverpool game, returns at right-back in place of Branislav Ivanovic.
Petr Cech is back in goal with the Blues set up to play with a diamond midfield with Deco at the front of it. Joe Cole is on the bench.
Aston Villa are unchanged both on the pitch and on the bench. That means Gabriel Agbonlahor and Jon Carew are paired in a two-man attack with Emile Heskey on the bench.
Chelsea will line up in a 4-diamond-2 formation as follows:
1 Petr Cech
17 José Bosingwa
6 Ricardo Carvalho
26 John Terry (c)
3 Ashley Cole
5 Michael Essien
8 Frank Lampard
15 Florent Malouda
20 Deco
39 Nicolas Anelka
11 Didier Drogba
17 José Bosingwa
6 Ricardo Carvalho
26 John Terry (c)
3 Ashley Cole
5 Michael Essien
8 Frank Lampard
15 Florent Malouda
20 Deco
39 Nicolas Anelka
11 Didier Drogba
Substitutes: 40 Hilario, 2 Branislav Ivanovic, 35 Juliano Belletti, 18 Yury Zhirkov, 10 Joe Cole, 21 Salomon Kalou, 23 Daniel Sturridge.
Villa are expected to line up in the following 4-4-2 formation:
Friedel; Cuéllar, Collins, Dunne, Warnock; Milner, Petrov (c), Sidwell, A Young; Agbonlahor, Carew.
Subs: Guzan, Beye, Shorey, Delph, Gardner, Reo-Coker, Heskey.
The referee is Steve Bennett.
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