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Oliver Harbord

Chelsea team confirmed vs St Patrick's: Mount, Tomori and Abraham all start

Chelsea play their second pre-season friendly of the summer this afternoon as they take on St Patrick's Athletic in Dublin.

It is the final match in Ireland before the Blues head home for London for a day and then fly out to Japan for their second tour in July.

The Blues played Bohemians on Wednesday night for Frank Lampard's first game in charge of the club, however it was a real mixed side with two completely different XIs for both halves.

However, this afternoon there will be more of a chance for the senior players to get some minutes in their legs and feature for the first time under the Blues legend.

Lampard played a 4-2-3-1 system, which is something that you would expect to see over the course of the campaign, but with just 30 days until the Premier League gets under way, the players will have to understand what he wants from them.

Here is the team that Lampard has chosen to take on St Pats:

(Image: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

It looks like Lampard is going for a 4-4-2 diamond this afternoon. 

Chelsea: Caballero, Zappacosta, Luiz, Tomori, Emerson, Jorginho, Mount, Kovacic, Barkley, Abraham, Batshuayi.

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