Chelsea travel to the bet365 Stadium this weekend (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Life after Diego Costa officially begins for Chelsea as they head to Stoke in a potentially tricky Premier League encounter this weekend.

The champions will be looking to bounce back to winning ways in the league, after being held to a stalemate to Arsenal in an intense London derby on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Mark Hughes’ Stoke side have lost their last two matches – succumbing to a 2-0 loss to Bristol City in the EFL Cup in mid-week.

They also lost to Newcastle 2-1 in their last Premier League encounter.

Diego Costa will move to Atletico Madrid in January (Picture: Getty Images)

Stoke’s Xherdan Shaqiri has now hit six consecutive Premier League goals from outside the penalty area – the Premier League record is held by David Beckham and Tugay with eight.

What time is Stoke vs Chelsea?

Kick-off is at 3pm on Saturday, September 23.

Match of the Day will provide highlights at 10.30pm on BBC One – the game is not being shown live on television in the UK.

What is the team news?

Kurt Zouma will not be able to face his parent club and Mark Hughes has defensive issues ahead of the visit from the champions.

Ryan Shawcross and Geoff Cameron are both injury doubts.

Eden Hazard played in Chelsea’s EFL Cup victory to refine his match sharpness and will be vying to start.

What is the latest odds for Stoke vs Chelsea? (Courtesy of Betfair)

Stoke – 5/1

Draw – 3/1

Chelsea – 8/13

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