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Swansea vs Chelsea: David Luiz on the bench as Antonio Conte names same team that beat Burnley

Swansea make two changes to the side that lost to Leicester

Jack Austin
Sunday 11 September 2016 15:18 BST
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David Luiz starts on the bench
David Luiz starts on the bench (Getty Images)

New signings David Luiz and Marcos Alonso will start on the bench for Chelsea as Antonio Conte names the same side that humbled Burnley 3-0 last time out.

That means Diego Costa continues up front as a lone striker despite the form of summer signing Michy Batshuayi when coming off the bench.

It also means there will be no change of formation from the Blues, with Conte keeping the 4-1-4-1 structure, despite hinting at a switch to 3-4-3 during his midweek press conference.

Swansea meanwhile make two changes to the side that lost 2-1 to Leicester during a monsoon at the King Power Stadium.

Neil Taylor returns to the starting line-up after his Euro 2016 exploits with Wales and Ki Sung-yueng is also picked while Wayne Routledge and Modou Barrow miss out.

Team line-ups:

Swansea City: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Amat, Taylor, Fer, Cork, Ki, Sigurdsson, Kingsley, Llorente.

Substitutes: Nordfelt, Rangel, Van der Hoorn, Fulton, Britton, Montero, Barrow.

Chelsea: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Kante, Willian, Oscar, Matic, Hazard, Costa.

Substitutes: Begovic, Luiz, Alonso, Fabregas, Moses, Pedro, Batshuayi.

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