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Oliver Harbord

Chelsea team confirmed at RB Salzburg: Tammy Abraham and Ross Barkley start with Mount benched

Chelsea take on RB Salzburg tonight in their penultimate match of pre-season for Frank Lampard.

The Blues have had a jam-packed summer and now only a match at the RB Salzburg and another against Borussia Monchengladbach stand before the Blues and the 2019/20 Premier League campaign.

As expected, Lampard has rotated his players throughout the summer as he looks to give as many players a chance as possible and also trying to get the minutes in the legs for his players.

However, at the Red Bull Arena it looks like Lampard has gone for his strongest team and could be the one to face Manchester United on August 11.

Tammy Abraham starts up front, while Ross Barkley gets the nod over Mason Mount in the 4-2-3-1 formation, playing just behind the striker.

Kepa Arrizabalaga starts in goal, with David Luiz and Kurt Zouma in front of him and Emerson on the left and Cesar Azpilicueta on the right.

Pulisic goal in Chelsea training

N'Golo Kante is not in the squad as he recovers from his knee injury, so Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic start.

Here is the full Chelsea starting XI.

Chelsea: Kepa, Emerson, Luiz, Zouma, Azpilicueta; Jorginho, Kovacic; Pedro, Pulisic, Barkley; Abraham.

Subs: Caballero, Cumming, Alonso, Christensen, Zappacosta, Tomori, Kenedy, Mount, Batshuayi, Giroud.

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