Frank Lampard is competing with the ambition of winning the Carabao Cup but does plan to make changes for the third round tie at Bournemouth.
The Blues boss said a number of squad players were fighting for inclusion and that several may get their chance to show him they deserve to be playing more regularly. That opportunity is particularly important with question marks over the fitness of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Amadou Onana and Idrissa Gueye for the Premier League tie against the same opposition at the weekend.
Yerry Mina is among the senior players in contention for a start along with Mason Holgate, James Garner, Tom Davies and Abdoulaye Doucoure. A number of the Under-21s may also feature in the squad, including Stanley Mills, Tom Cannon and Reece Welch.
