Owen Coyle's Burnley visit Luis Felipe Scolari's star studded Chelsea in Wednesday nightʼs only fourth round League Cup game between a Premiership side and Championship opposition. Burnley go into this clash hoping to claim the scalp of another London club- they had knocked
Chelsea ripped Portsmouth to shreds in their third round fixture. Frank Lampard scored twice and Salomon Kalou and Florent Malouda fired home one apiece as Chelsea crushed Pompey 4-0. Despite missing several key players like Michael Ballack, Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Essien, Chelsea have coped well, and have kept pace with inform Liverpool in the Premiership. Ashley Cole may return for this fixture, but if his calf injury does not heal, Wayne Bridge will continue to deputise for him at left back. The Blues will be keen to prove that their midweek CL loss to Roma was just a temporary hiccup, and that nothing more should be read into it.
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