TEAM NEWS: CHELSEA V MANCHESTER CITY Posted on: Sun 27 Oct 2013 Ashley Cole returns to the starting line up having missed the last two games with a rib injury. Gary Cahill retains his place as John Terry s partner in central defence and the midfield and attack are unchanged from the win in Germany midweek Branislav Ivanovic makes his 150th Premier League appearance and Petr Cech plays his 445th Chelsea game, equalling Dennis Wise as our sixth-highest appearance-maker Man City bring Martin Demichelis into their defence for his first game of the season and Stevan Jovetic is preferred to Alvaro Negrado as striker. Chelsea are expected to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation: 1 Petr Cech ; 2 Branislav Ivanovic, 24 Gary Cahill, 26 John Terry (c), 3 Ashley Cole; 7 Ramires, 8 Frank Lampard ; 17 Eden Hazard , 11 Oscar , 14 Andre Schurrle; 9 Fernando Torres . Substitutes: 23 Mark Schwarzer , 28 Cesar Azpilicueta, 4 David Luiz , 12 John Mikel Obi, 22 Willian, 10 Juan Mata, 29 Samuel Etoo . Man City are expected to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation: J Hart; P Zabaleta, J Garcia, Demichelis, G Clichy; Y Toure (c), Fernandinho; S Nasri, S Aguero, D Silva; S Jovetic. Substitutues: C Pantilimon, M Richards, A Kolarov, J Milner, J Navas, E Dzeko, A Negredo. The referee is Howard -jla
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:33:33 +0000
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