Chelsea boss Graham Potter has been dealt three fresh fitness blows ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash with Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

Reece James will miss the contest due to illness, while Raheem Sterling (hamstring) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (back) are also on the doubtful list alongside Mason Mount and his sore abdominals.

While Mount may be given the green light to return, Saturday's clash should still come too soon for ex-Leicester man N'Golo Kante, while Thiago Silva, Edouard Mendy and Armando Broja are all absent too.

Cesar Azpilicueta is also yet to be given the all-clear following his head injury, but a rearguard change could be on the cards regardless, as Benoit Badiashile - who was ineligible for the Champions League - is primed to displace Marc Cucurella.

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Kalidou Koulibaly and Wesley Fofana should welcome Badiashile back with open arms, as Ben Chilwell and Ruben Loftus-Cheek bomb down the flanks.

Enzo Fernandez and Mateo Kovacic ought to continue as the midfield pairing, while Mykhaylo Mudryk could deputise for Sterling alongside Joao Felix and Kai Havertz in the attacking trident.

Strikes either side of the break from Sterling and Havertz - who was offered a second bite of the cherry from the penalty spot - sent Chelsea through to the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, and the Blues are now out to buck a trend that has seen them score just four goals in their last 10 away matches.

Chelsea possible starting lineup: Kepa; Badiashile, Koulibaly, Fofana; Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Fernandez, Chilwell; Mudryk, Havertz, Felix body check tags ::