I could say that Thomas Tuchel was very clear that he was resting Mason Mount as he played so much for England - but I'd be playing into your hands there wouldn't I Steven!

Steven: just waiting for the outrage that Mount has been dropped. The media are way, way over protective of him.

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BBC football expert Pat Nevin examines the reasons why Premier League teams have struggled at home since matches went behind closed doors because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The players are out to warm up, West Brom in that fetching green and yellow number today.

Can we have a whipround for Man City please?

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As Manchester City prepare to wave goodbye to Sergio Aguero, the big question for manager Pep Guardiola to answer is who will replace the Argentine forward?

Erling Braut Haaland is reportedly top of Pep's summer wish list, along with Tottenham striker Harry Kane, but the Spanish boss feels the fees currently being quoted are too high.

"I don't know what is going to happen but at these prices we are not going to buy any striker," Guardiola said.

"It's impossible. We cannot afford it. All the clubs are struggling financially, us as well.

"Today there is more chance we will not buy a striker next season."

Another line about the talented Mr Haaland...

A bank buster, that one. Worth it though?

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Erling Braut Haaland has been scoring goals for fun at Borussia Dortmund this year.

So, could the 20-year-old Norwegian, who is currently being put in the shop window by his agent Mino Raiola, end up at Stamford Bridge next season?

Not according to Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel.

The Blues boss said: "He's a Borussia Dortmund player, and of course there's big news around him and his agent.

"And it seems like they are creating a race for the player.

"A very promising player of course, but with respect to the situation he's not in our squad, he's not in our club, so there's no comment on anything else regarding him."

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Chelsea have not conceded in any of their past seven matches in all competitions, while West Brom have scored twice in the same number of games.

Nothing is really going to change about the way either side plays, so it is hard to look past a routine Blues win, with another clean sheet under Thomas Tuchel - who has not lost any of his 14 games in charge.

Prediction: 2-0

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It's actually three whole weeks, the full 21 days, since West Brom played a match. Their setplays had better be out of this world today...

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West Brom boss Sam Allardyce: "We try our best to show what we are stiill made of. We've had three weeks without a game which is too long, then only one day to get prepared for this with players who were away.

"Performances have been good enough to give us better results but today is a massive test. Everything will have to be in place, we need to be at 100% to win this game.

"We are going man for man with the opposition, a similar shape to Chelsea."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel: "We took a breath but now is the moment to restart. It's never easy to have a break when you have good momentum but it is like this. The challenge is to restart the engines.

"We have picked the players who have trained with us for the last two days. Some guys played for their countries on Wednesday so they are not starting.

"I told Mason Mount it is a bad feeling for me to leave him out but he played all three games for England. He can play today, but that was my decision."

Chelsea

Chelsea make eight changes to the XI that started in 2-0 win over Sheffield United in the FA Cup.

French midfielder N'Golo Kante is out with a muscle injury, so Jorginho comes into the line-up.

Hakim Ziyech also comes back into the midfield, but there is no room for German Kai Havertz, who starts from the bench. Timo Werner is in.

Central defender Thiago Silva is fit again and returns to the backline.

Chelsea XI: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Zouma, James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Ziyech, Pulisic, Werner.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Rudiger, Christensen, Giroud, Mount, Hudson-Odoi, Chilwell, Gilmour, Havertz.

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West Brom make just the one change from the XI that started in the 1-0 defeat by Crystal Palace.

Nigerian defensive player Semi Ajayi comes in for loanee Conor Gallagher, who is ineligible to face his parent club.

Forward Hal Robson-Kanu is on the bench. He was sent home from Wales duty for a breach of coronavirus protocols.

West Brom XI: Johnstone, Furlong, O'Shea, Bartley, Ajayi, Townsend, Phillips, Yokuslu, Maitland-Niles, Matheus Pereira, Diagne.

Subs: Robson-Kanu, Robinson, Livermore, Diangana, Ivanovic, Peltier, Snodgrass, Button, Ahearne-Grant.

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Will he play today? The team news is here.

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Thomas Tuchel has an interesting take on how Timo Werner can overcome his goalscoring drought.

The striker, who joined Chelsea from RB Leipzig for £47.5m in June, has scored twice in 31 games for club and country, and missed a key chance in Germany's loss to Macedonia on Wednesday.

For Tuchel, the 25-year-old is overthinking the issue like that of asking a woman out on a date.

He said: "You cannot force her to, you just step a little bit back and maybe she will call you up, so the goals will come.

"Don't overthink it. It is very easy for me to say because we aren't out there and everybody is pointing fingers at him, but this is the challenge right now."

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Don't expect Sam Allardyce to dawdle if West Brom end up in the Championship next season.

The Baggies boss says his future at the club is a complex situation as his side prepares to face Chelsea today.

Allardyce says the terms of his contract are clear and if the Baggies survive, he will remain at The Hawthorns.

If the West Midlands side are relegated, however, then the former England manager will only stay if there is a realistic chance of promotion back to the top flight.

He said: "If I'm to stay at West Brom, I'd want to be getting them back in the Premier League at the first time of asking - like I did when I joined West Ham. I wouldn't want to mess about.

"But we all need to be going in the same direction to do that."

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West Brom are winless in their last 15 away league games against Chelsea (D3 L12) since a 3-1 win in September 1978. In the Premier League, the Baggies have lost 10 of their 12 visits to Stamford Bridge (D2), failing to score on nine occasions in that run.