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Chelsea vs PSG team news: Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas return to line-up, Nemanja Matic benched

Interim manager Guus Hiddink makes four changes to the side which drew with Stoke City last weekend

Mark Critchley
Wednesday 09 March 2016 19:49 GMT
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Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink has made four changes to his side for tonight's Champions League round of 16 second leg against Paris Saint-Germain.

Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas, who were rested during last weekend's 1-1 home draw with Stoke City, return to the starting line-up.

The pair take the places of Nemanja Matic and Saturday's goalscorer Bertrand Traore, who both drop to the bench.

Oscar will also sit among the substitutes with three-time Champions League winner Pedro preferred in the attacking midfield.

Kenedy starts at left-back in place of Baba Rahman in Hiddink's only other change.

Chelsea are hoping to overturn a 2-1 deficit in the second leg at Stamford Bridge and avoid elimination at the hands of the Ligue 1 leaders for the second successive season.

Line-ups

Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Kenedy; Mikel, Fabregas; Pedro, Willian, Hazard; Costa

Substitutes: Begovic, Baba, Matic, Loftus-Cheek, Oscar, Traore, Remy​

Paris Saint-Germain: Trapp, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Maxwell, Thiago Motta, Rabiot, Matuidi, Di Maria, Moura, Ibrahimovic

Substitutes: Sirigu, Augustin, Van Der Wiel, Stambouli, Kurzawa, Pastore, Cavani

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