Chelsea host Stoke City looking to move ahead in their quest of their Premier League title which is seemingly theirs to lose. In recent weeks, Chelsea have been far from their best as teams have started to cause more troubles to Jose Mourinho’s men.
Chelsea to everyone’s surprise have decided to rest their leading goal scorer Diego Costa for this game as Jose Mourinho has opted to go for Loic Remy up front who scored the winning goal for Chelsea in their last game in the league against Hull City.
Chelsea’s playing XI vs Stoke City: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Cesc, Willian, Oscar, Hazard, Remy
Chelsea SUBS: Cech, Zouma, Filipe Luis, Ramires, Cuadrado, Drogba, Diego Costa.
Mark Hughes has opted to bench his star striker Peter Crouch as well as he is going with Jonanthon Wakters and Mama Diouf uo front. Hughes might be looking to bring Crouch late in the game against the tiring Chelsea’s defense.
Stoke’s playing XI vs Chelsea: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Wilson, Ireland, Whelan, Nzonzi, Adam, Walters, Diouf
Stoke SUBS: Butland, Bardsley, Pieters, Muniesa, Arnautovic, Sidwell, Crouch.