[Teams] Sunderland vs Chelsea: Confirmed Line-Ups For COC Clash

Sunderland entertain Chelsea at the Stadium of Light tonight in the quarter finals of the Capital One Cup.

The two sides head into the game in very different form, with the Blues sitting two points off the pace in the title race while the hosts are rock bottom of the Premier League and five points from safety.  However, they will put their domestic issues behind them as they battle it out for a place in the semi-final’s.

Jose Mourinho has made several chances to his starting line-up for the game with the likes of Mark Schwarzer, Ashley Cole, Gary Cahill and Kevin De Bruyne all coming in.

Here are the confirmed line-ups for the game:

Sunderland

Mannone, Celustka, Dossena, O’Shea, Brown, Cattermole, Larsson, Gardner, Johnson, Giaccherini, Altidore.

Subs: Bardsley, Ki, Cabral, Roberge, Borini, Mavrias, Dixon.

Chelsea

Schwarzer, Azpilicueta, Cahill, David Luiz, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, De Bruyne, Willian, Schurrle, Eto’o.

Subs: Blackman, Terry, Essien, Oscar, Hazard, Ba, Torres.

Whats your predicted score for the game? Share your suggestions below.

3 Comments

1. 

   Kanshio gabriel aondowase

   December 17, 2013 at 7:29 pm

   Mata need to start this game na waoo for moriuho

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2. 

   Lawrence Bangas

   December 17, 2013 at 7:51 pm

   hazard would have been for the first lineup to keep the game fresh

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3. 

   felix

   December 17, 2013 at 7:58 pm

   chelsea 3-1 sunderland

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