Chelsea line-up to face Sheffield United

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Head coach Thomas Tuchel makes three changes to the Chelsea team for tonight's away game to Sheffield United.

Into the side come Andreas Christensen, Ben Chilwell and Olivier Giroud. Christensen replaces the injured Thiago Silva, Chilwell replaces Marcos Alonso and Giroud leads the frontline with Callum-Hudson Odoi dropping to the bench. 

There is no Christian Pulisic for today's game but there is a return to the bench for Kurt Zouma after injury. Billy Gilmour has his first involvement under Tuchel with a place on the bench.

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