Chelsea play host to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round on Sunday afternoon looking to build on a solid Christmas and New Year period.

Despite losing to Southampton on Boxing Day, the Blues earned seven points from trips to Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.

However, the hectic schedule is likely to lead to Frank Lampard making multiple alterations for the clash with the Championship side.

Here, Sports Mole predicts how the West Londoners could line up at Stamford Bridge.

Out: Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Achilles),
Doubtful: Marcos Alonso (buttock), Fikayo Tomori (unknown), Olivier Giroud (ankle)

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Given their recent workload, Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger, N'Golo Kante, Willian and Tammy Abraham are all expected to drop out of the starting lineup.

That should lead to a start at left-back for Emerson Palmieri, while Andreas Christensen is almost certain to come into the middle of the backline.

Mateo Kovacic is expected to receive a recall in the centre of the pitch, potentially alongside Ross Barkley, who has spent the majority of the last two-and-a-half months out of contention.

Further forward, Pedro and Callum Hudson-Odoi should get the nod on the flanks, with Michy Batshuayi being handed a rare chance in attack.

After impressing as a substitute against Arsenal last weekend, academy graduate Tariq Lamptey may be handed his first senior start at right-back.

Second-choice goalkeeper Willy Caballero will replace Kepa Arrizabalaga between the sticks.