Latest Chelsea team news
Published: Today
FIXTURE: Chelsea v Sunderland
DATE: Saturday January 14, 3pm
CHELSEA TEAM NEWS: Florent Malouda is doubtful after picking up a knock in Sunday's FA Cup win over Portsmouth.
He failed to train on Wednesday or Thursday.
Daniel Sturridge and John Terry have both been passed fit but the game comes a week too soon for Michael Essien (knee), Branislav Ivanovic and John Obi Mikel (both hamstring), while Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou are on African Nations Cup duty.
SQUAD: Cech, Bosingwa, Ferreira, Terry, Luiz, Hutchinson, Cole, Romeu, Lampard, Ramires, McEachran, Mata, Malouda, Meireles, Torres, Sturridge, Lukaku, Turnbull.
Latest Sunderland team news
Published: Today
FIXTURE: Chelsea v Sunderland
DATE: Saturday January 14, 3pm
SUNDERLAND TEAM NEWS: Nicklas Bendtner could return to the squad.
The Denmark international missed the FA Cup third round victory over Peterborough because of a knee injury, but is expected to be available.
If so, he will be joined in the squad by fellow frontman Fraizer Campbell, who is available for the first time since August 2010 after recovering from a second serious knee problem.
Jack Colback (ankle), Wes Brown (groin) and Titus Bramble (calf/Achilles) remain on the casualty list.
SQUAD: Mignolet, Westwood, Carson, Bardsley, O'Shea, Kilgallon, Turner, Laing, Cattermole, Richardson, Gardner, Vaughan, Larsson, Colback, Elmohamady, McClean, Meyler, Sessegnon, Bendtner, Wickham, Ji, Campbell, Noble.