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Jamie Kemble

Full Chelsea squad revealed for Luton Town FA Cup clash as Olivier Giroud returns

Chelsea are back in action this afternoon when they take on Championship outfit Luton Town at midday in the FA Cup fourth round.

Frank Lampard is in desperate need of a win with heavy pressure mounting upon his shoulders with Chelsea managing just two wins from their last eight Premier League games.

Equally, the Blues stars are in desperate need of some confidence with criticism of their performances rife, particularly for summer arrivals like Timo Werner and Kai Havertz.

A home FA Cup clash with the Hatters could be the perfect opportunity for Chelsea to get back to winning ways but they won't benefit from the return of midfielder N'Golo Kante ahead of the game.

Lampard has confirmed that Kante will not feature on Sunday, saying: "N’Golo, on the other hand, is not fit and won’t be available.

"He’s working outside on his own with the physios at the moment and we hope to have him back as soon as possible.

"We will have to see with N’Golo, as we don’t want to rush him, but we hope to have him back by next week."

But there is some good news with striker Olivier Giroud returning for this one after missing out against Leicester City last time out.

Lampard added in his team news update: "Olivier is fit. He trained with us today and he’s fine for the weekend."

With those updates in mind, we have rounded up the full Chelsea squad available to Lampard for the Luton clash.

Take a look below.

Goalkeepers: Edouard Mendy, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Willy Caballero, Karlo Ziger.

Defenders: Antonio Rudiger, Marcos Alonso, Andreas Christensen, Thiago Silva, Kurt Zouma, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Cesar Azpilicueta, Emerson Palmieri, Baba Rahman, Henry Lawrence, Tino Livramento.

Midfielders: Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Mason Mount, Hakim Ziyech, Bily Gilmour, Kai Havertz, Faustino Anjorin, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Christian Pulisic, Tino Anjorin, Lewis Bate.

Forwards: Tammy Abraham, Timo Werner, Olivier Giroud, Jude Soonsup-Bell.

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