Diego Costa leads the
Chelsea attack in our opening game of the new Barclays Premier League campaign.
The striker wasn't involved
in Wednesday's friendly against Fiorentina but starts today as the lone
striker.
Thibaut
Courtois starts in goal, while captain John Terry is
partnered by Gary Cahill in
central defence.
Cesc
Fabregas and Nemanja
Matic will operate as the two deep-lying midfielders, with Oscar in a
more advanced central role behind Diego Costa.
New arrivals Asmir
Begovic and Radamel
Falcao both start on the bench, where they are joined by Victor Moses,
who spent last season on loan at Stoke City but has enjoyed a strong pre-season
campaign.
Chelsea are expected
to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation:
13. Courtois;
2.Ivanovic,
24. Cahill,
26.Terry (c), 28. Azpilicueta;
21. Matic,
4. Fabregas;
22.Willian,
8.Oscar, 10.Hazard;
19.Diego
Costa.
Swansea are expected
to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation:
1.Fabianski;
26..Naughton, 33.Fernandez, 6.Williams (c), 3.Taylor; 4.Ki Sung-Yueng,
8.Shelvey; 23.Sigurdsson, 10.Ayew, Montero; Gomis.
Subs: 13.Nordfeldt,
22.Rangel, 27.Bartley, 14.Tabanou, 24.Cork, 15.Routledge, 17.Eder
Today's referee is
Michael Oliver.
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