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Robert Warlow

Pulisic and Gilmour start, no Azpilicueta - The team Chelsea fans want to see against Man United

Chelsea head into tonight's Carabao Cup fourth round tie against Manchester United hoping to make it eight straight wins across all competitions.

Much has changed since the teams met on the opening weekend of the Premier League season when the Red Devils were 4-0 winners.

So much so that the west London outfit are likely to start the cup tie as slight favourites.

But Blues head coach Frank Lampard has some decisions to make for the game, with some players within his squad in need of some minutes after finding their game time limited in recent weeks.

Chelsea will be without N'Golo Kante and Antonio Rudiger, who are currently sidelined through injury, along with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Marco van Ginkel and Andreas Christensen.

And Lampard has suggested that some experienced players could be given opportunities for the cup tie, with the likes of Olivier Giroud and Pedro hoping to be involved.

However, fans using our interactive widget have picked Michy Batshuayi in their preferred line-up, ahead of Giroud.

Callum Hudson-Odoi and Pedro also start in the fans' team as part of a front three, with Christian Pulisic starting in midfield after his hat-trick against Burnley on Saturday.

Teenage midfielder Billy Gilmour is also included in the team the fans want to see, with Jorginho also in the midfield.

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In defence, fans have voted for Reece James to start at right-back, with Emerson Palmieri at left-back, and Fikayo Tomori and Kurt Zouma in the centre, with Willy Caballero in goal.

Chelsea fans' XI: Caballero; James, Zouma, Tomori, Emerson; Jorginho, Gilmour, Pulisic; Pedro, Hudson-Odoi, Batshuayi

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