Armando Broja has been handed a place in the Chelsea starting lineup for Monday's West London derby at Fulham.

With Nicolas Jackson serving a one-match ban, Mauricio Pochettino was left with a decision to make regarding his attack.

Rather than go with a false nine, the Argentine has opted to provide Broja with his first start since December after his recovery from a serious knee injury.

Malo Gusto is also suspended for this fixture, resulting in Marc Cucurella making an appearance at right-back, while Cole Palmer also makes his first Premier League start for the Blues.

Levi Colwill returns to left-back to accommodate the return of Thiago Silva, and a trio of Conor Gallagher, Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez will line up in midfield.

The injured Ben Chilwell drops out of the squad and Lesley Ugochukwu is only named on the substitutes' bench, but Mykhaylo Mudryk gets the nod over Raheem Sterling.

Noni Madueke is back in the squad after a muscle injury, although Carney Chukwuemeka is granted extra time to build his fitness after a knee injury.

With Broja not in the condition to play 90 minutes, a Premier League debut could be handed to Deivid Washington at some point in the game at Craven Cottage.

Fulham: Leno; Castagne, Diop, Ream, Robinson; Palhinha, Reed, Pereira; Wilson, Jimenez, Willian

Subs: Rodak, Bassey, Ballo-Toure, Lukic, Cairney, Decordova-Reid, Iwobi, Muniz, Vinicius

Chelsea: Sanchez; Cucurella, Disasi, Silva, Colwill; Gallagher, Caicedo, Fernandez; Palmer, Broja, Mudryk

Subs: Petrovic, Brooking, Maatsen, Gilchrist, Matos, Ugochukwu, Madueke, Sterling, Deivid body check tags ::