Liverpool
are the hosts as Chelsea visit Anfield for the first leg of their Capital
One Cup semi-final tie on Tuesday.
The Premier League leaders travel to Merseyside buoyed by Saturday's 5-0
obliteration of Swansea and will be confident of securing a positive result
to take back to London for the second leg next week.
Chelsea, who sit five points clear at the top of the table following
Manchester City’s defeat to Arsenal, edged the last meeting between the
teams as Gary Cahill and Diego Costa cancelled out Emre Can's deflected
opener in the league in November.
But Liverpool are unbeaten in eight games since their defeat at Manchester
United in December and will be looking to make home advantage count as they
attempt to land a first major honour under manager Brendan Rodgers.
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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has an almost fully-fit squad to choose from and
could rotate his squad.
Thibaut Courtois could return in goal having sat out the last three games
with a minor finger injury while Kurt Zouma, Loic Remy and Andre Schurrle
will be hoping for rare starts.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is set to return after resting a tight
hamstring at the weekend but striker Mario Balotelli, who also missed the
win at Aston Villa with a chest infection, remains a doubtful participant.
Forward Fabio Borini could be the one to make way to accommodate Gerrard
despite scoring at Villa Park,
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