Chelsea have made three changes to the side that lost to Liverpool for their Champions League group stage match against Bayer Leverkusen.

Ashley Cole, Jon Obi Mikel and Florent Malouda have all been left out of the side, with Jose Bosingwa, Raul Meireles and Daniel Sturridge all coming in for the match at the Bayer Arena.

Bayer Leverkusen: Leno; Schwaab, Friedrich, Toprak, Kadlec; Bender, Rolfes, Castro, Ballack; Sam, Kiessling
Subs: Giefer, Reinartz, Oczipka, Schurrle, Ortega, Derdiyok, Jorgensen

Chelsea:
Cech; Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Bosingwa; Ramires, Lampard, Meireles; Sturridge, Mata, Drogba
Subs: Turnbull, Alex, Mikel, McEachran, Malouda, Kalou, Torres

A win for the Blues will see them progress through to the next stage of the competition.