What is the team news?

Chelsea

Maurizio Sarri's team have no major injury concerns with Ruben Loftus-Cheek likely to be available for selection as he recovers from a lingering back problem.

Gonzalo Higuain started Chelsea's 6-0 defeat at Manchester City when Sarri persisted with his preferred 4-3-3 system, and it remains to be seen if he will tweak that formula to avoid a similar outcome.

Manchester City

Sergio Aguero was deemed unfit and sat out , but is expected to return and start against the team he put three past only a few weeks ago.

Vincent Kompany, Benjamin Mendy, Fabian Delph and Claudio Bravo have all been absentees since the turn of the year with Oleksandr Zinchenko deputising at left-back in the league game against Chelsea.

What are they saying?

Gianfranco Zola:

"We are adjusting a few things but without changing where we want to go. The direction is always the same.

"Two years ago you were probably asking the same questions to Pep Guardiola. I do remember you asking him, 'is that the case that you keep playing from the back?'

"And I remember the answers of Pep, saying, 'this is not in discussion, this is part of my game, I know I am going through this difficult moment, and I don't change it'."