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TEAM NEWS: CHELSEA V WIGAN ATHLETIC
Posted on: Sat 07 Apr 2012
Frank Lampard has not been passed fit so joins England colleagues John Terry and Ashley Cole as unavailable for today's game.
Raul Meireles takes Lampard's place in the team with Gary Cahill replacing Terry and Ryan Bertrand is handed his first Premier League start. David Luiz makes his 50th Chelsea appearance.
Michael Essien, Raul Meireles, Daniel Sturridge, Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba, captain today, all return to the starting line-up.
Wigan are unchanged so former Chelsea man Franco Di Santo will lead their attack.
Chelsea will line-up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation:
1 Petr Cech
2 Branislav Ivanovic
4 David Luiz
24 Gary Cahill
34 Ryan Bertrand
5 Michael Essien
16 Raul Meireles
23 Daniel Sturridge
10 Juan Mata
15 Florent Malouda
11 Didier Drogba (c)
Subs: 22 Ross Turnbull, 17 Jose Bosingwa, 19 Paulo Ferreira, 6 Oriol Romeu, 12 John Mikel Obi, 21 Salomon Kalou, 9 Fernando Torres.
Wigan are expected to line up in the following 3-4-3 formation:
Al Habsi; Alcaraz, Caldwell (c), Figueroa; Boyce, McCarthy, McArthur, Beausejour; Moses, Di Santo, Maloney.
Subs: Kirkland, Stam, Crusat, Watson, Diame, Gomez, Sammon.
The referee is Mike Jones.
Perso je vais regarder en différé sur Canal + donc je passerais pas pendant le match 