Thiago Silva, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marc Cucurella and Denis Zakaria are among those in line for returns to the first XI after being benched at The Etihad. Joao Felix is rumoured to be starting this evening to make his Chelsea debut, while Mason Mount and Lewis Hall are both expected to start as well. Fulham team news: Aleksandar Mitrovic will miss the game after picking up a fifth yellow card of the season against Leicester City in their last league match. Neeskens Kebano remains out with an achilles injury, but Shane Duffy will be hoping to return following an illness.