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Robert Warlow

The surprise change some Chelsea fans want to see Frank Lampard make against West Ham

Chelsea head coach will be forced into at least one change when the Blues face West Ham at Stamford Bridge tomorrow (Saturday).

The Blues welcome the Hammers to SW6 for a London derby, with Chelsea looking for a return to winning ways after losing for the first time in seven games when they lost 2-1 to Manchester City last weekend.

But Chelsea will be without Tammy Abraham after the striker took a bang to the hip in the 2-2 draw with Valencia in the Champions League in midweek.

Lampard confirmed at his pre-match press conference today (Friday) that Abraham would not be available tomorrow (Saturday), meaning the Blues will need to make at least one change.

Michy Batshuayi and Olivier Giroud are vying to start in his place, with the Belgian coming on to replace Abraham in midweek.

Lampard did not give anything away at his pre-match press conference, simply stating "we'll see" when asked if Batshuayi would start.

But that is what the Chelsea fans voting on our website want, according to the results of a story we published on football.london asking fans to pick their starting XI.

That is not the only change Chelsea fans want to see though, with Fikayo Tomori in the starting XI picked by fans, with no place for Andreas Christensen, who started against Valencia.

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Callum Hudson-Odoi has also been picked in the most popular XI selected by supporters using our interactive widget.

But while that would be something of a surprise, with the teenager finding himself named among the substitutes in recent weeks, perhaps more surprising is the fact that there is no place of Jorginho, who was substituted late in the game at the Mestalla Stadium on Wednesday.

There is also no place for Mason Mount in the team selected by the fans though. He has been on the bench in both of Chelsea's last two games, and fans have not included him in their team here either.

The Chelsea team the fans have selected : Kepa, James, Zouma, Tomori, Azpilicueta, Kovacic, Kante, Hudson-Odoi, Willian, Pulisic, Batshuayi.

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