Roma v Chelsea line-ups: No Kante as Blues make just one change
N’Golo Kante is not in the Chelsea side or even on the substitutes’ bench for the Champions League clash in Rome.
The Blues make one change from Saturday’s win at Bournemouth, with Gary Cahill coming in for Davide Zappacosta, who drops to the bench.
Kante recently returned to training following a hamstring problem and travelled with the squad to Italy, where a win would seal Chelsea’s place in the knockout phase.
Boss Antonio Conte said he would speak to the midfielder before deciding whether Kante would be involved in tonight’s game.
Chelsea: Courtois; Rudiger, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Azpilicueta, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Alonso; Pedro, Morata, Hazard.
Subs: Caballero, Zappacosta, Christensen, Kenedy, Drinkwater, Batshuayi, Willian.
Roma: Alisson, Florenzi, Fazio, Jesus, Kolarov, Nainggolan, De Rossi (c), Strootman, El Shaarawy, Perotti, Dzeko.
Subs: Skorupski, Moreno, Manolas, Gerson, Gonalons, Pellegrini, Cengiz.
