Chelsea vs Blackburn: Starting XIs for Carabao Cup clash confirmed

Reece James starts for Chelsea. The right-back has come off the bench in the last two Premier League games, but he will be here from the off this evening.

Elsewhere, Benoit Badiashile also starts, as do Lesley Oguchoku and Enzo Fernandez.

Four changes in total from the side that lost at home to Brentford on Saturday in the Premier League.

For Chelsea, with no Europe this season and after a slow start in the Premier League, this may be their best chance of silverware.

While Blackburn will hope to spring an upset having scored 17 goals in their opening three rounds in the competition.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Disasi, Badiashile, Cucurella, Ugochukwu, Enzo, Gallagher, Palmer, Sterling, Jackson.

Subs: Petrovic, Colwill, Gusto, Maatsen, Caicedo, Madueke, Matos, Castledine, Washington

It’s five changes for Blackburn tonight:

Blackburn XI: Wahlstedt, Brittain, Carter, Hill, Pickering, A Wharton, Travis, Garret, Markanday, Moran, Leonard.

Subs: Hilton, S. Wharton, Gamble, Batty, Ranking-Costello, Tronstad, Sigurdsson, Dolan, Ennis.