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Robert Warlow

'Wonderful stuff!' - These Chelsea fans are loving what Frank Lampard has done vs Southampton

Callum Hudson-Odoi is the name on the lips of Chelsea fans this afternoon (Sunday) after being named in the starting line-up to face Southampton.

The teenager has been handed his first Premier League start of the season, after impressing off the bench as a substitute for Chelsea against Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend and against Lille in the Champions League in midweek.

And now, he has been named in the starting XI for the game at St Mary's, with Pedro not in the squad.

N'Golo Kante has also been named in the starting line-up for the game, with the Frenchman set to play in back-to-back games for Chelsea for the first time since August.

The midfielder has had a stop-start to the campaign so far, having been carrying an injury over the summer, and then

But he has been named in the side this afternoon, with Kante set to make his sixth appearance of the season in all competitions for the Blues.

However, it is the inclusion of Hudson-Odoi which has got Chelsea fans talking this afternoon, with several Blues fans excited to see the teenager in action from the start on the south coast.

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Here's what some Chelsea fans have been saying on social networking website Twitter.

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