Chelsea travel to a local away game to face Thomas Franks' Brentford side in the Premier League looking to make it seven matches unbeaten and six wins in a row for Graham Potter.
The new manager has had a brilliant start to life at Stamford Bridge amid challenging circumstances and has overturned tricky Champions League and Premier League positions to relative calm.
There are still eight more matches for Potter to get through until the winter World Cup break, and he also has a big top-four battle against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge to keep in mind at the weekend as well.
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Brentford themselves have injury worries to think about ahead of the match against Chelsea, but here football.london takes you through the latest in the Blues squad ahead of the match at the Brentford Community Stadium.
Thiago Silva
Silva must be carefully managed due to his age and faces a test with both James and Fofana out for the foreseeable future. At 38, Silva is a risk when tasked with three matches in a week but still looks as important as ever at the heart of the Chelsea defence.
What Potter said: "It's obviously 24/48 hours [since Aston Villa], so we need to make sure the recovery is right for him. But no problems injury-wise. It is just the recovery.
"I have to involve him in the conversations. He is 38 years old and is a man who knows himself better than I do. He's a really important person, a really important player for us, but we have to manage him correctly, and he has to be involved in that process."
Expected return date: N/A
N'Golo Kante
Chelsea have announced that N'Golo Kante has undergone surgery on his hamstring after specialist guidance and is expected to miss four months of action, including the World Cup.
The Frenchman hasn't played since August 14th after leaving the pitch with a hamstring injury against Tottenham and will now miss the winter World Cup too. The statement regarding his update stated: "Following a successful operation, N'Golo is now expected to be sidelined for four months."
What Potter said: (Before the announcement) "Historically, there are things which have happened which are a concern, and we need to get the bottom of that.
"It's a setback in the last stage of his rehab, so again that's worrying. But all we can do is get the right diagnosis, the right consultation and then try and help him get back to full fitness and enjoying his football."
Return date: Unknown
Reece James
James has been ruled out for at least eight weeks with no return before Chelsea break up for the winter World Cup. The 22-year-old is expected to miss the competition due to having a protective boot on for four weeks, though there's a small chance he could be included in Gareth Southgate's squad in the hope of recovering for the end of the tournament.
Hours after Chelsea posted that James wasn't undergoing surgery, he tweeted: "The race against time is on… But we won't give up."
What Potter said: N/A
Expected return date: Unknown
Wesley Fofana
According to French news outlet L'Equipe, Fofana suffered a sprained knee and is set to miss up to four weeks of action. However, Potter doesn't expect the young centre-back to feature before the World Cup break and hasn't given an update since the extent of the injury was announced before playing Wolves.
What Potter said: "He is just progressing where he was. I don't think we will see him before the World Cup."
Expected return date: AFC Bournemouth (H), December 26th.
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