Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick makes four changes to the side that was beaten 1-0 by Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round at the weekend.
Defender Matthew Clarke and striker Josh Coburn drop to the bench, while Morgan Rogers doesn’t feature at all. Sam Greenwood is ineligible having played for Leeds earlier in the competition.
Dael Fry, Emmanuel Latte Lath, Jonny Howson and Matt Crooks come in.
Middlesbrough XI: Glover, Van Der Berg, Fry, Engel, Bangura, Barlaser, Howson, Crooks, I Jones, Hackney, Latte Lath.
Subs: J Jones, Clarke, Gilbert, Coburn, O’Brien, Kavanagh, McCabe, Bridge, Bilongo.
Chelsea XI to face Middlesbrough in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg: Petrovic, Gusto, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Caicedo, Gallagher, Fernandez, Sterling, Madueke, Palmer.
Chelsea make three changes to the side that progressed to the FA Cup fourth round with a 4-0 win over Preston.
Nathan Gilchrist, Mykhailo Mudryk and Armando Broja all drop to the bench and Thiago Silva, Conor Gallagher and Noni Madueke come in.
Chelsea XI: Petrovic, Gusto, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Caicedo, Gallagher, Fernandez, Sterling, Madueke, Palmer.
Subs: Bettinelli, Bergstrom, Gilchrist, Williams, Golding, Mudryk, Washington, Broja.