Chelsea V Cardiff Barclays Premier League Match 19 -October 2013. Chelsea forward Fernando Torres has recovered from a knee injury but Ashley Cole and Andre Schurrle will miss the visit of Cardiff.
Cole is out with the rib injury that caused him to miss England's World Cup qualifiers, while Schurrle picked up a minor injury playing for Germany.Watch Chelsea V Cardiff Live, Watch Chelsea V Cardiff Live Stream, Watch Chelsea V Cardiff Free Live Stream, Watch Chelsea V Cardiff Online, Watch Chelsea V Cardiff Online Free, Chelsea V Cardiff Live, Chelsea V Cardiff live stream Online.
Peter Odemwingie is expected to keep his place in the Cardiff attack in preference to Craig Bellamy.
Danish striker Andreas Cornelius remains Cardiff's only injury absentee.
MATCH PREVIEW
It's been a week of turmoil in south Wales, and at one point I'm sure the Cardiff fans were concerned they might lose their manager.
Football never fails to surprise. But for a 23-year-old to go from doing the painting on work experience to being Cardiff's acting head of recruitment is undoubtedly one of the stranger stories.
Despite that, I don't think the manner in which their former head of recruitment Iain Moody has left the club will have a negative effect on the Bluebirds - quite the opposite in fact.
I think the goings-on will strengthen Malky Mackay's standing as manager with the team, and Chelsea will do well to be on their guard on Saturday. Cardiff, after all, emerged from their last trip to south-west London with all three points.
There is a wealth of dangerous attacking players on show at Stamford Bridge - and not all of them come from Chelsea. Jordon Mutch scored a fantastic late winner against Fulham, and was also impressive as a substitute in the defeat against Newcastle.
What will be equally interesting is how their midfield duo of Aron Gunnarsson and Gary Medel deal with Chelsea's attacking threat.
The Blues have seemingly settled down now under Jose Mourinho and, after four unbeaten games on their travels, they'll be looking to maintain their 100% league record at the Bridge.
Fernando Torres is fit again, while Willian got off the mark for Chelsea in their 3-1 against Norwich last time out and Juan Mata is seemingly back in favour.
Now that the second international break is out of the way, the Premier League will start to take shape - I still believe Manchester City and Chelsea have the best squads.
It'll be good to see Chelsea in action, and also Cardiff in a game I believe is a litmus test for their season.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
The last league meeting was a 3-3 draw at Cardiff in the old Division Two in March 1984.
The two sides did meet in an FA Cup game in February 2010, holders Chelsea winning 4-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Cardiff earned a 3-2 win at Chelsea in the last top-flight meeting in September 1961.
Chelsea
Chelsea have won all three of their Premier League home games this season, extending their unbeaten league run at Stamford Bridge to 11 matches - 10 victories and a draw.
The Blues have scored two goals in each of their last eight league games at Stamford Bridge.
Oscar has three goals in seven Premier League games this season. He is the only Chelsea player to score more than once this term.
Petr Cech will make his 300th Premier League appearance, joining Frank Lampard and John Terry in reaching the landmark.
Cardiff
Cardiff's only away win this season came a mile away from Stamford Bridge - a 2-1 win at Fulham on 28 September.
The Bluebirds have had the fewest shots on target in the Premier League this season (17).
Cardiff have only scored one first-half Premier League goal this season.
Only Aston Villa (six) have earned more points from losing positions than Cardiff this term (four).
Goalkeeper David Marshall has made a Premier League-high 31 saves this season.