Botman, Krafth, Gordon & Bruno start vs Chelsea – Team news from Stamford Bridge

The teams are in ahead of tonight’s Carabao Cup quarter-final at Stamford Bridge, where Newcastle United take on Chelsea for a place in the last four.

Here’s the side Eddie Howe has gone with:

STARTING 11: Dubravka – Krafth, Lascelles, Botman, Livramento – Miley, Guimaraes, Longstaff – Almrion, Wilson, Gordon.

SUBS: Karius, Gillespie, Trippier, Dummett, Hall, A Murphy, Burn, Ritchie.

Sven Botman starts for the first time in three months after recovering from a knee injury, while Emil Krafth comes in at right-back and Lewis Miley returns in midfield with Joelinton out injured.

Kieran Trippier is back on the bench, which also features Lewis Hall and Dan Burn, but there’s no Alexander Isak in the squad, with Fabian Schar also missing.

Here’s how Chelsea line up, seeing Enzo Fernandez return in one change from their 2-0 win over Sheffield United at the weekend:

Chelsea XI: Petrovic; Disasi, Badiashile, Thiago Silva, Colwill; Caicedo, Gallagher, Enzo Fernández; Sterling, Palmer; Jackson.

HWTL!

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