After a much-changed side got past Chorley in the FA Cup on Friday, Nuno Espirito Santo has returned to a more familiar line-up. There are just three changes from the team that lost 3-2 to West Brom in their previous Premier League outing, with Kilman, Ait Nouri and Podence in for Saiss, Moutinho and Fabio Silva.
Tuchel has made four changes from the team that lost 2-0 to Leicester City last week, with James, Mount, Pulisic and Abraham benched for Cesar Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Ziyech and Giroud. Ziyech is the only player in the new boss’ first XI that started the 3-1 win over Luton Town in the FA Cup on Sunday. It has been suggested the Blues could also start this game with a three-man defence.
Wolves subs: John Ruddy, Romain Saiss, Ki-Jana Hoever, Owen Otasowie, Vitinha, Joao Moutinho, Patrick Cutrone, Willian Jose, Fabio Silva.
Wolves (3-4-1-2): Rui Patricio; Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Max Kilman; Nelson Semedo, Leander Dendoncker, Ruben Neves, Rayan Ait Nouri; Daniel Podence; Adama Traore, Pedro Neto.
Chelsea subs: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Reece James, Emerson Palmieri, Kurt Zouma, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic, Timo Werner, Tammy Abraham.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Edouard Mendy; Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell; Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic; Hakim Ziyech, Kai Havertz, Callum Hudson-Odoi; Olivier Giroud.
Tuchel is taking charge of Chelsea for the first time after the club decided to dispense with the services of Frank Lampard on Monday. They have won just two of their past eight top-flight games and the new head coach – who signed an 18-month contract with an option to extend by a year – will be hoping for an immediate upturn in form.
Hello and welcome to this live commentary on the Premier League meeting between Chelsea and Wolves, which signifies the start of Thomas Tuchel’s reign at Stamford Bridge.
Thiago Silva knows Tuchel well from their time together at Paris Saint-Germain and the veteran centre-back is the fourth player to feature for two different top-flight clubs under the German coach, joining Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Andre Schurrle and Park Joo-ho.