Jose Mourinho will recall Michael Ballack and Claude Makelele to his Chelsea squad for the Barclays Premiership visit of Blackburn Rovers, after both missed the FA Cup fourth-round win over Nottingham Forest.
John Terry is still out with a calf injury, and Arjen Robben is unlikely to feature because he is still recovering from ankle ligament damage.
Defender Khalid Boularouz is out with knee-ligament problems, and Joe Cole remains sidelined with a broken foot.
Blackburn new boy Bruno Berner will go straight into Mark Hughes' squad for the daunting trip to Stamford Bridge.
Defender Andy Todd is definitely out after falling ill during the weekend, while Stephane Henchoz faces a late test on a niggling ankle complaint, but otherwise Hughes has no new injury worries.
New signing David Dunn is still short of match fitness and will sit out along with long-term injury victims Robbie Savage, Andre Ooijer and Steven Reid.
Chelsea squad: Hilario, Cech, Cudicini, Ferreira, Geremi, Carvalho, Essien, Bridge, A Cole, Lampard, Drogba, Diarra, Mikel, Shevchenko, Wright-Phillips, Kalou, Woods, Ballack, Morais.
Blackburn Rovers squad: Friedel, Henchoz, Khizanishvili, Emerton, Warnock, Bentley, Pedersen, Mokoena, Tugay, Nelsen, Derbyshire, McCarthy, Nonda, Samba, Brown, Berner, Gallagher, Peter.
