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Nizaar Kinsella

Chelsea XI vs Bournemouth: Badiashile in - Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest

Benoit Badiashile starts for Chelsea against Bournemouth.

The January signing has had to make do with a bit-part role in recent weeks but comes into the team at the Vitality Stadium.

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Frank Lampard makes five changes following Tuesday's 3-1 away defeat by Arsenal.

Badiashile, Trevoh Chalobah, Mykhailo Mudryk, Conor Gallagher and Kai Havertz all come into the starting line-up.

Cesar Azpilicueta, Wesley Fofana, Mateo Kovacic, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Raheem Sterling are the players to make way.

Fofana was left out of the squad due to a hamstring injury.

The £70million signing travelled with the squad to the south coast but was not included, with Benoit Badiashile starting alongside Thiago Silva at centre-back.

Lampard said: “Fofana had a bit of an issue with his hamstring yesterday travelling down, so it’s more of a precaution on that one. Other than that we’ve got a squad, so the players that come in have to show what they can do.”

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Badiashile, Chalobah, Silva, Chilwell, Kante, Fernandez, Gallagher, Madueke, Havertz, Mudryk.

Subs: Mendy, Kovacic, Pulisic, Felix, Loftus-Cheek, Sterling, Ziyech, Azpilicueta, Hall.

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