Chelsea will look to make it five consecutive wins in all competitions as they welcome promoted Sunderland to Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
Enzo Maresca appeared to be under a bit of pressure as he saw his side endure a disappointing September in which they won just one of their five matches, with that coming in a narrow 1-2 win at League One side Lincoln City in the League Cup.
However, the Italian relieved the pressure on himself by recording wins over Benfica and Liverpool just before the international break.
Predicted line-ups:
Chelsea still have a lengthy injury list, with Levi Colwill, Benoit Badiashile, Cole Palmer, Liam Delap and Dario Essugo all sidelined, whilst Malo Gusto is suspended following his red card at the City Ground last weekend.
Sunderland also have a few players missing through injury, with Omar Alderete, Habib Diarra, Leo Hjelde, Romaine Mundle, Dennis Cirkin and Aji Alese all out, but Reinaldo returns from suspension.
Chelsea: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Tosin, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Neto, Pedro, Garnacho, Guiu
Sunderland: Roefs, Reinaldo, Mukiele, Ballard Hume, Xhaka, Sadiki, Talbi, Rigg, Le Fee, Isidor
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