Team news for Tuesday night's Capital One Cup clash between Sunderland and Chelsea.
Branislav Ivanovic is suspended as Chelsea travel to Sunderland for the Capital One Cup quarter-final.
Cesar Azpilicueta will switch to right-back, with Ashley Cole at left-back, while Gary Cahill may return in central defence after being rested for the Barclays Premier League defeat of Crystal Palace, with John Terry possibly given the night off.
Manager Jose Mourinho is likely to make a number of further changes, with the December 23 Premier League clash at Arsenal in mind, while left-back Ryan Bertrand (knee) and midfielder Marco van Ginkel (knee) are out.
Sunderland midfielder Jack Colback will miss out through illness.
The 24-year-old sat out Saturday's 0-0 Barclays Premier League draw at West Ham with a virus and is still recovering, but is expected to be available for Saturday's home clash with Norwich.
Other than that, manager Gus Poyet has only goalkeeper Keiren Westwood (shoulder) and defender Carlos Cuellar (hip) unavailable.
Sunderland (from): Mannone, Pickford, Celustka, Dossena, Bardsley, O'Shea, Brown, Diakite, Roberge, Cattermole, Cabral, Gardner, Ki, Giaccherini, Johnson, Larsson, Ba, Karlsson, Mavrias, Fletcher, Altidore, Borini.
Chelsea (from): Cech, Cole, Luiz, Essien, Ramires, Lampard, Torres, Mata, Oscar, Mikel, Schurrle, De Bruyne, Hazard, Ba, Willian, Schwarzer, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Eto'o, Blackman.
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The last time Chelsea came to Stadium of Light ...
2013/14 SUNDERLAND 3 CHELSEA 4
SUNDERLAND: 25. Vito Mannone 2. Phil Bardsley 16. John O'Shea 5. Wes Brown 3. Andrea Dossena 4. Ki Sung-Yueng 23. Emanuele Giaccherini 65' 8. Craig Gardner 80' 14. Jack Colback 57' 31. Fabio Borini 17. Jozy Altidore Subs: 7. Sebastian Larsson 57' 9. Steven Fletcher 80' 11. Adam Johnson 65' 12. Ondrej Celustka 13. Jordan Pickford 29. Valentin Roberge 33. Lee Cattermole
CHELSEA: 1. Petr Cech 2. Branislav Ivanovic 24. Gary Cahill 26. John Terry 28. Cesar Azpilicueta 7. Ramires 8. Frank Lampard 10. Juan Mata 81' 22. Willian 90' 17. Eden Hazard 9. Fernando Torres 65' Subs: 3. Ashley Cole 5. Michael Essien 12. John Obi Mikel 81' 14. Andre Schurrle 90' 15. Kevin De Bruyne 19. Demba Ba 65' 23. Mark Schwarzer
Eden Hazard turned in a virtuoso display as Chelsea came out on top in a seven-goal thriller at Sunderland.
The Belgium international was both provider and scorer on the night, producing the cross from which Frank Lampard cancelled out Jozy Altidore's opener and then two pieces of individual magic to effectively win the game.
Victory on Wearside helped second-placed Chelsea to maintain the pressure on Barclays Premier League leaders Arsenal despite falling behind for the third time in as many games.
However, it left Sunderland deep in trouble despite a spirited performance as manager Gus Poyet's run of three successive home victories in all competitions came to an end in front of a crowd of 40,652.
Hazard's intervention was vital for Jose Mourinho's men with Altidore having given the Black Cats a 14th-minute lead with his first league goal for the club.
However, Chelsea's response was concerted with Juan Mata, Lampard, and Ramires all influential, and they were back on terms barely before the home fans had stopped celebrating through Lampard's fifth goal of the season, a close-range header.
But it was Hazard who stole the show, capping a fine individual first-half display with an enterprising 37th-minute run and sumptuous finish to restore order.
John O'Shea dragged the home side right back into it five minutes into the second half when Chelsea made a hash of clearing Emanuele Giaccherini's less-than-sweetly-struck corner, and the defender helped it into the net to rekindle his side's hopes.
But Hazard was not done and it was he who ensured that the points headed south when he took it upon himself to leave defenders in his wake once again to rifle a 62nd-minute shot past keeper Vito Mannone.
There was late drama as full-back Phil Bardsley scored at both ends inside a minute, but the outcome remained the same.
Fourteen years ago to the day, Poyet, then wearing the blue of Chelsea, heading for the away dressing room at the Stadium of Light wondering what had hit him with his side trailing 4-0.
This time around, he found himself on the other side of the corridor facing the task of lifting his players after seeing them take the lead, only for the visitors to mount a powerful fightback.
The Black Cats had slipped back to the foot of the table without kicking a ball on Tuesday evening as a result of Crystal Palace's 1-0 win over West Ham, and they emerged determined to do all they could to address that situation in the most trying of circumstances.
Their initial efforts could not be faulted as they took the game to the Blues with Giaccherini forcing a first-minute block from Cesar Azpilicueta and Fabio Borini sending a cross across the face of goal seconds later.
But keeper Petr Cech was eventually beaten with 17 minutes gone when, after Andrea Dossena's tame free-kick had come back of the wall, Jack Colback slipped the ball to Altidore and he span John Terry before blasting a left-foot shot past the helpless Cech.
The lead, however, lasted just three minutes when, after Sunderland failed to deal fully with Juan Mata's corner, Hazard recycled the ball, wrong-footed Bardsley and crossed for Lampard to head home unopposed.
Sunderland refused to be cowed by Mourinho's men despite their freedom of movement in midfielder, and with Altidore ruffling the feathers of Terry and Gary Cahill and Dossena providing a useful outlet down the left, pressed once again.
Cech had to turn away Dossena's stinging 31st-minute effort, which may have been going wide anyway, but opposite number Mannone was not so fortunate six minutes later.
Fernando Torres helped on a long clearance to Hazard on the left and he cut inside past Bardsley and the covering Craig Gardner before firing across the Italian and into the far corner.
But Sunderland refused to give up and they were back on terms within five minutes of the restart when Giaccherini's skidding corner was allowed to reach O'Shea, who swept it past Cech to level.
Chelsea should have been back in front seven minutes later when Ramires robbed Jack Colback and fed Torres, who in turn picked out Hazard in space.
He slid past O'Shea and Ki Sung-yueng with ease before unleashing a shot which Mannone managed to beat away to Torres, who skied his follow-up high over.
But it was Hazard who did the trick once again with 62 minutes gone, collecting Lampard's intelligent back-heel and rounding O'Shea before beating the helpless Mannone with ease.
Bardsley turned substitute Demba Ba's cross into his own net six minutes from time, but then converted Sebastian Larsson's corner at the other end seconds later, although ultimately to no avail.
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Cup Mon 09 Mar Chelsea 1 - 1 Sunderland F.A. Cup 1990/1991 Sat 19 Jan Sunderland 1 - 0 Chelsea First Division Sat 08 Sep Chelsea 3 - 2 Sunderland First Division 1988/1989 Tue 21 Mar Sunderland 1 - 2 Chelsea Second Division Sat 12 Nov Chelsea 1 - 1 Sunderland Second Division 1984/1985 Sat 30 Mar Sunderland 0 - 2 Chelsea First Division Mon 27 Aug Chelsea 1 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1979/1980 Sat 03 Nov Sunderland 2 - 1 Chelsea Second Division Sat 18 Aug Chelsea 0 - 0 Sunderland Second Division 1975/1976 Sat 20 Dec Chelsea 1 - 0 Sunderland Second Division Sat 16 Aug Sunderland 2 - 1 Chelsea Second Division 1969/1970 Sat 31 Jan Chelsea 3 - 1 Sunderland First Division Sat 04 Oct Sunderland 0 - 0 Chelsea First Division 1968/1969 Sat 22 Feb Chelsea 5 - 1 Sunderland First Division Sat 07 Dec Sunderland 3 - 2 Chelsea First Division 1967/1968 Sat 27 Apr Chelsea 1 - 0 Sunderland First Division Sat 02 Dec Sunderland 2 - 3 Chelsea First Division 1966/1967 Sat 14 Jan Sunderland 2 - 0 Chelsea First Division Sat 10 Sep Chelsea 1 - 1 Sunderland First Division 1965/1966 Sat 16 Apr Sunderland 2 - 0 Chelsea First Division Tue 22 Feb Chelsea 3 - 2 Sunderland First Division 1964/1965 Sat 19 Dec Sunderland 3 - 0 Chelsea First Division Sat 29 Aug Chelsea 3 - 1 Sunderland First Division 1962/1963 Sat 18 May Sunderland 0 - 1 Chelsea Second Division Sat 08 Sep Chelsea 1 - 0 Sunderland Second Division 1957/1958 Sat 29 Mar Chelsea 0 - 0 Sunderland First Division Sat 16 Nov Sunderland 2 - 2 Chelsea First Division 1956/1957 Sat 23 Mar Chelsea 0 - 2 Sunderland First Division Sat 10 Nov Sunderland 1 - 3 Chelsea First Division 1955/1956 Sat 14 Jan Chelsea 2 - 3 Sunderland First Division Sat 10 Sep Sunderland 4 - 3 Chelsea First Division 1954/1955 Tue 29 Mar Chelsea 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division Sat 06 Nov Sunderland 3 - 3 Chelsea First Division 1953/1954 Sat 20 Feb Sunderland 1 - 2 Chelsea First Division Sat 03 Oct Chelsea 2 - 2 Sunderland First Division 1952/1953 Sat 07 Feb Chelsea 3 - 2 Sunderland First Division Sat 20 Sep Sunderland 2 - 1 Chelsea First Division 1951/1952 Sat 09 Feb Sunderland 4 - 1 Chelsea First Division Sat 29 Sep Chelsea 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division 1950/1951 Sat 17 Mar Sunderland 1 - 1 Chelsea First Division Sat 28 Oct Chelsea 3 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1949/1950 Sat 06 May Sunderland 4 - 1 Chelsea First Division Wed 07 Sep Chelsea 3 - 1 Sunderland First Division 1948/1949 Sat 30 Apr Chelsea 0 - 1 Sunderland First Division Sat 04 Dec Sunderland 3 - 0 Chelsea First Division 1947/1948 Wed 17 Sep Sunderland 2 - 3 Chelsea First Division Wed 10 Sep Chelsea 1 - 1 Sunderland First Division 1946/1947 Sat 22 Mar Chelsea 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division Sat 16 Nov Sunderland 1 - 2 Chelsea First Division 1938/1939 Sat 18 Mar Sunderland 3 - 2 Chelsea First Division Sat 12 Nov Chelsea 4 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1937/1938 Sat 19 Mar Sunderland 1 - 1 Chelsea First Division Sat 06 Nov Chelsea 0 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1936/1937 Sat 20 Mar Sunderland 2 - 3 Chelsea First Division Sat 14 Nov Chelsea 1 - 3 Sunderland First Division 1935/1936 Sat 01 Feb Sunderland 3 - 3 Chelsea First Division Sat 28 Sep Chelsea 3 - 1 Sunderland First Division 1934/1935 Sat 19 Jan Chelsea 2 - 2 Sunderland First Division Sat 08 Sep Sunderland 4 - 0 Chelsea First Division 1933/1934 Mon 01 Jan Sunderland 0 - 0 Chelsea First Division Tue 26 Dec Chelsea 4 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1932/1933 Sat 06 May Chelsea 1 - 1 Sunderland First Division Sat 24 Dec Sunderland 2 - 1 Chelsea First Division 1931/1932 Wed 02 Mar Chelsea 2 - 2 Sunderland First Division Sat 17 Oct Sunderland 2 - 1 Chelsea First Division 1930/1931 Sat 18 Apr Sunderland 2 - 0 Chelsea First Division Sat 13 Dec Chelsea 5 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1923/1924 Sat 26 Apr Chelsea 4 - 1 Sunderland First Division Wed 17 Oct Sunderland 2 - 0 Chelsea First Division 1922/1923 Sat 28 Oct Sunderland 1 - 1 Chelsea First Division Sat 21 Oct Chelsea 1 - 3 Sunderland First Division 1921/1922 Sat 22 Apr Sunderland 1 - 2 Chelsea First Division Sat 15 Apr Chelsea 1 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1920/1921 Sat 19 Mar Sunderland 1 - 0 Chelsea First Division Sat 12 Mar Chelsea 3 - 1 Sunderland First Division 1919/1920 Wed 10 Sep Sunderland 3 - 2 Chelsea First Division Mon 01 Sep Chelsea 2 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1914/1915 Sat 03 Apr Chelsea 3 - 0 Sunderland First Division Sat 28 Nov Sunderland 2 - 1 Chelsea First Division 1913/1914 Sat 18 Apr Sunderland 2 - 0 Chelsea First Division Sat 13 Dec Chelsea 1 - 1 Sunderland First Division 1912/1913 Sat 08 Feb Sunderland 4 - 0 Chelsea First Division Sat 05 Oct Chelsea 2 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1909/1910 Sat 12 Mar Chelsea 1 - 4 Sunderland First Division Sat 30 Oct Sunderland 4 - 0 Chelsea First Division 1908/1909 Sat 13 Feb Sunderland 1 - 2 Chelsea First Division Sat 10 Oct Chelsea 2 - 0 Sunderland First Division 1907/1908 Sat 29 Feb Chelsea 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division Sat 02 Nov Sunderland 3 - 0 Chelsea First Division
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