Norwich vs Chelsea team news: Alexandre Pato named on the bench... but Bertrand Traore starts

Alexandre Pato named on the bench for the first time

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Guus Hiddink has made three changes to the side that beat Southampton at the weekend.

After his poor error cost the Blues a goal in the first-half at St Mary's, Baba Rahman is unsurprisingly dropped for Kenedy, who came on at half-time on Saturday.

It will be only the Brazilian's second Premier League start - the other also came against Norwich City.

The more surprising news is that Bertrand Traore starts in place of Willian, easily Chelsea's best player of the season.

Willian drops to the bench. The third change sees Nemanja Matic come in for John Obi Mikel in central midfield.

There is also another new face on the Chelsea bench where Alexandre Pato could make his debut a month after signing on loan from Corinthians.

Pato had been working his way back to full fitness.

For the Canaries, Alex Neill continues with the 3-5-2 formation that almost grabbed a point at the home of leaders Leciester City.

He's made just one change to the side, Wes Hoolahan replacing Steven Naismith.

LINE-UPS:

Norwich City: Ruddy, Bennett, Martin, Klose, Pinto, Tettey, Howson, Brady, Redmond, Hoolahan, Jerome.

Subs: Rudd, Mbokani, Jarvis, Dorrans, Mulumbu, Olsson, O'Neil

Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Kenedy, Matic, Fabregas, Traore, Oscar, Hazard, Costa

Subs: Begovic, Baba Rahman, Mikel, Loftus-Cheek, Willian, Pato, Remy