Chelseavs.Bournemouth

The Cherries recently lost both Evanilson and Enes Unal to long-term foot and knee injuries respectively, but they still crushed West Bromwich Albion 5-1 in Saturday's FA Cup battle.

Daniel Jebbison - recently recalled from his Watford loan - came off the bench to complete the scoring for Bournemouth in the third-round battle, where Dango Ouattara, Antoine Semenyo and Justin Kluivert also got in on the act.

Jebbison is undoubtedly a contender to start in midweek too, but as David Brooks - who netted a delightful winner against Everton on January 4 - is also in top form, the 21-year-old may be restricted to another second-half cameo.

One of Ouattara or Semenyo can do a job in the number nine role for Iraola, who should also persist with Brooks and Kluivert in the attacking third given that Luis Sinisterra (thigh) is still absent too.

Further back, Lewis Cook and Ryan Christie should return to the engine room after enjoying hard-earned rests at the weekend, but the central pairing of Dean Huijsen and Ilya Zabarnyi will be retained.

As Max Aarons is reportedly on the verge of joining Valencia, James Hill should deputise for injured captain Adam Smith in the right-back role, while Milos Kerkez is also primed for a return over recent debutant Julio Soler.

Kepa Arrizabalaga did not cover himself in glory for West Brom's opening goal in the FA Cup, so Mark Travers ought to don the gloves after starting and keeping a clean sheet against Everton.

Bournemouth possible starting lineup:

Travers; Hill, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Christie, Cook; Brooks, Kluivert, Ouattara; Semenyo

Written by

Ben Knapton