17:44: Just a quick heads up. Chelsea will host Everton at Stamford Bridge in the Carabao Cup tonight.
The Premier League champions may rest a few players in order to focus on their top-flight and Champions League campaigns.
Everton are without a permanent manager for the fixture, with David Unsworth set to take charge.
The match kicks off at 7.45pm and you’ll be able to follow all the action with Express Sport.
Charly Musonda on Eden Hazard
15.00: Chelsea youngster Charly Musonda is delighted to be playing his football with countryman Eden Hazard.
The wideman said: "Eden has taught me a lot coming through and he still teaches me a lot in training and after games.
"We are good friends and you saw in the game against Nottingham Forest that there is a good understanding on the pitch.
"I am very lucky to have a guy like him here."
Musonda will be hoping to shine if he’s handed a chance against Everton in the Carabao Cup tonight.
Michy Batshuayi backed to shine against Everton
12.50: Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas expects Michy Batshuayi to hurt Everton tonight.
Nicholas said: "Do Everton rest players or try to build something here?
"I think they are just going to Stamford Bridge looking to avoid embarrassment.
"Chelsea aren't playing well at all, though.
"While Antonio Conte clearly doesn't fancy Michy Batshuayi, he needs him right now and I think the Belgian striker will inflict yet another defeat on the Toffees."
Thibaut Courtois warns Chelsea team-mates
11.50: Chelsea star Thibaut Courtois says there's no room for complacency ahead of tonight's Carabao Cup showdown with Everton.
The Belgian stopper said: "I don't think it's a moment to relax.
"Everton have been struggling. I don't think they are playing badly but they have conceded some sloppy goals, and other teams have had more luck, but the Premier League is hard.
"This is another competition, though, and they will be ready to win it."
Chelsea return to Premier League action when they visit Eddie Howe's Bournemouth on Saturday.
Chelsea slammed by Arsene Wenger
10.37: Chelsea’s transfer policy has come under criticism from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.
Eddie Nketiah, who scored a brace for the Gunners last night, played for the Blues as a youngster.
And Wenger thinks it is bizarre that Antonio Conte’s side let go a player with so much potential.
"I don’t know why Chelsea decided to let him go,” Wenger said.
“You see that more and more these days. Young people going from one club to another.
"I felt I was happy for him and the team. We lacked ideas and clear-cut chances. I was impressed by Norwich in defence.
"I know that he can score goals and that he has character. He is not afraid. He can give and go, and once a player has that in his game, they have a chance."
Antonio Conte insists he's happy at Chelsea amid exit rumours
9.40: Chelsea and Manchester City both have stars capable of changing games in an instant, Pat Nevin reckons.
He said: "The top teams such as Man City and Chelsea have players who can do something extra special even if the team isn’t playing at its best as a unit, or indeed if the opposition are playing well themselves.
"So against Roma, the Italian side had the bigger percentage of possession and the Blues were under the cosh, but Eden Hazard had the capability to do something a bit special to salvage a vital point with his flicked header. The crossed ball into the area was top quality too and that is the point, the quality only needs to shine through briefly sometimes.
"Against Watford it was eerily similar in the way Michy Batshuayi flicked in a header from almost precisely the same spot to help us get three points from yet another fabulous right-sided cross.
"So in the blink of an eye what could have been a very painful week now has a positive sheen. The point against Roma keeps us top in the Champions League group and the three against Watford kept us in the chasing pack in the Premier League."
Pat Nevin on N'Golo Kante absence
8.50: Chelsea hero Pat Nevin says N'Golo Kante's injury absence has had a big impact on his former club.
Writing for the Blues' official website, Nevin said: "For all that positivity, I still think most Chelsea fans have the same feeling, it has not been comfortable since the Atletico Madrid away game and there have been too many goals lost in that period to be relaxed.
"I read a quote the other day which I intend to use very regularly from now on: ‘For every complex problem there is a solution that is simple, direct, understandable and wrong!’
"It just means people find it easy to grab at one thing when there is usually more complexity involved. I do almost always agree with this, even when talking about our current form, but I would still have to accept that maybe one point more than any other is the root cause.
"We are missing N’Golo Kante. It may be simple, direct and understandable but this time it is almost certainly right too."
Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri eyed
8.00: Chelsea have reportedly lined up Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri in case Antonio Conte leaves Stamford Bridge.
The Premier League champions' hierarchy have endured a tough relationship with Conte after failing to secure several key targets.
And their stuttering start to the season has led to suggestions he could soon return to his native Italy.
Chelsea don’t want to be caught off-guard though and 7 Gold claim they have Sarri in their sights.
Chelsea would have to stump up £6.7m to buy the 58-year-old gaffer out of his Napoli contract.
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