Date: Wednesday 22nd December, 2021
Time: 8:45 pm
Stadium Brentford Community Stadium
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Brentford
Brentford's list of absentees is also lengthy, although Ivan Toney is understood to have recovered from coronavirus and so could be in contention, while it has been more than 10 days since Ethan Pinnock tested positive too.
To make matters worse, the Bees' injury situation is far from ideal too, with David Raya, Julian Jeanvier, Joshua Dasilva and Kristoffer Ajer all sidelined.
Wednesday's match is expected to come too soon for Mathias Jorgensen as well, leaving Frank short of options in defence, particularly if Pinnock is still unavailable.
At the other end, Brentford boast the competition's leading scoring in Marcus Forss, whose five EFL Cup goals this season mean that he has now scored nine and created one more in his 10 League Cup starts.
Brentford possible starting lineup:
Fernandez; Goode, Jansson, Thompson; Roerslev, Ghoddos, Bidstrup, Jensen, Fosu-Henry; Toney, Forss
Chelsea
Both sides are likely to be missing a host of players for this match, and given Tuchel's fury at being made to play at the weekend, it would not be a surprise to see him hand starts to some youngsters if needed.
Chelsea could reportedly be missing as many as seven players due to coronavirus, although Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ben Chilwell and Lewis Baker are the only ones to have been confirmed positive so far.
Things went from bad to worse against Wolves as the already-depleted Blues saw Trevoh Chalobah and Hakim Ziyech limp off with injuries.
Tuchel is hopeful that neither injury is particularly serious, but the quick turnaround in fixtures makes them major doubts for this game at least, while N'Golo Kante will play no part.
Kai Havertz sat out against Wolves due to illness but has returned a negative coronavirus test and so could be in line to start up front on Wednesday, having scored four goals in his two previous League Cup outings.
Chelsea will also assess Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who missed the game against Wolves due to a knock, but Jorginho was able to return to training on Monday after missing the match against Wolves due to an inconclusive test.
Andreas Christensen is also suffering from a knock and is unlikely to be risked, which could open the door for Malang Sarr to make a rare start.
Tuchel is expected to rotate where possible, meaning that there could also be appearances for Kepa Arrizabalaga, Saul Niguez, Ross Barkley and the fit-again Mateo Kovacic.
A number of Under-23 players were also brought into training this week to help boost numbers, and some could be included in the matchday squad.
Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Kepa; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Sarr; James, Saul, Kovacic, Alonso; Mount, Barkley; Havertz
Prediction: Brentford 0-1 Chelsea
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