At the fifth time of asking, Frank Lampard goes in search of a first home win as Chelsea head coach on Wednesday night.
In front of their own supporters so far this season, the Blues have already been held by Leicester City as well as Sheffield United and suffered back-to-back losses against Valencia and Liverpool.
Although they will be expected to overcome League 2 opposition in Grimsby Town at Stamford Bridge in round three of the Carabao Cup.
Given the fixtures schedule, Lampard will be expected to make changes for the cup tie.
Two players who will certainly feature are Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi, as confirmed by Lampard.
"[Hudson-Odoi and James will] be involved on Wednesday night, they'll be involved," he told the Fifth Stand .
"We certainly need to look at players who haven't been playing as much against Grimsby. We'll pay them due respect, but it certainly is minutes for certain players who haven't been there.
"Callum is on the road to recovery. It was a long injury so he needs game time. And Reece, similarly, so yeah there'll be some different changes but I expect the same level of performance.
"And what I don't want to lose is the feeling of tonight [against Liverpool], the feeling of how we can be and it's important we keep that."
All that remains to be seen is if Lampard hands both players a start as they’ve only had two games for the Under-23’s so far.
We expect the Blues boss to be bold with his team selection and that means a start for James at right-back, while Hudson-Odoi comes in on the left-wing.
Willy Caballero should come in for his first start of the season and that would mean Kepa is denied a first appearance in the competition since refusing to be substituted in last season’s final.
There’s likely to be a recall for Kurt Zouma in central defence and he could be partnered by Marc Guehi as that would allow Fikayo Tomori to have the evening off and prepare for Brighton at the weekend.
Ross Barkley is pushing for a start and there could be a chance for youngsters Billy Gilmour and Ian Maatsen to impress.
And in attack, Christian Pulisic should get some minutes and it will be between Olivier Giroud and Michy Batshuayi to lead the line.
Expected Chelsea lineup vs Grimsby: Caballero: James, Zouma, Guehi, Maatsen; Barkley, Gilmour; Pedro, Pulisic, Hudson-Odoi; Giroud
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