Eden Hazard remains on the bench for Chelsea's visit to Stoke City this afternoon.

The Belgian started the EFL Cup victory over Nottingham Forest in midweek and had been in line for his first Premier League start of the season today following ankle surgery over the summer, but Antonio Conte has opted to keep faith with his front three of Willian, Alvaro Morata and Pedro.

In all, Antonio Conte makes three changes from the side that were held to a goalless draw by Arsenal last weekend ahead of a tricky trip to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League in four days' time.

Two of those changes come in defence, with David Luiz suspended following his red against the Gunners and Gary Cahill dropping to the bench as Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger earn recalls and join Cesar Azpilicueta in the back three.

Cesc Fabregas is also made to start the game among the substitutes as summer signing Tiemoue Bakayoko comes into the midfield alongside Victor Moses, N'Golo Kante and Marcos Alonso following his run-out against Forest.

Micky Batshuayi scored a midweek hat-trick against the Championship side but starts on the bench today.

For the hosting Potters, Mark Hughes is forced to shuffle his pack and make two changes to the starting XI that lost 2-1 to Newcastle United last weekend.

Kurt Zouma is ineligible to feature against his parent club and Kevin Wimmer is out with a hamstring injury, meaning that Glen Johnson comes back into the fold and Erik Pieters drops back to join Bruno Martins Indi in the back three ahead of Jack Butland between the sticks.

Ramadan Sobhi is also recalled, linking up with Joe Allen, Darren Fletcher and Mame Biram Diouf, while the attacking threat comes from Xherdan Shaqiri, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting and Jese.

Stoke City: Butland; Johnson, Martins Indi, Pieters; Diouf, Fletcher, Allen, Ramadan; Shaqiri, Choupo-Moting; Jese
Subs: Grant; Berahino, Tymon, Afellay, Adam, Crouch, Souttar

Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger; Moses, Bakayoko, Kante, Alonso; Willian, Morata, Pedro
Subs: Caballero, Cahill, Zappacosta, Fabregas, Musonda, Hazard, Batshuayi

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