Capital One Cup: Chelsea v Derby

Championship side Derby is waiting for Chelsea side and that is difficult trip for Mourinho’s side for battle of Capital One Cup.

Jose Mourinho's side scratched past Shrewsbury inside the keep going round, relying on a delayed goal to send them through with a 2-1 accomplishment over the League 2 outfit.

Derby, then, beat Fulham 5-2 and range unit in decent structure at the most astounding completion of the Championship, sitting third inside the table and some degree off the top.

Steve Mcclaren's men were generally pulverized by Middlesbrough at the weekend, however the Rams have exclusively lost once gathering to this point this season.

Chelsea bobbed back from their first thrashing of the season at port as they saw off 10-man Hull on Sabbatum. The Blues zone unit still inside the look for four trophies and Mourinho are covetous to ensure there aren't any slip-ups at the ipro development.

Derby is while not Ryan Shotton once the defender was sent off in Saturday's 2-0 thrashing at the Riverside arena.

The Rams don't have any damage contemplations heading into the tie, however Mcclaren could orchestrate to pivot his squad with Leon Best, can Hughes and Jordan Ibe pushing for decision.

Cesc Fabregas is out there for Chelsea once missing the accomplishment over Hull through suspension, while Petr Cech is anticipated to stay his spot in the middle of the posts.

The goalkeeper has contend each of the Blues' Capital One Cup matches to this point and is most likely going to begin afresh, with Thibaut Courtois still recovering from a minor muscle harm.

Chelsea has never lost any match against Derby in all competitions and won last 7 games.

Chelsea have won fourteen and lost none of their last sixteen Capital One Cup matches against lower hierarchal sides; a run that backpedals to 1999.

The best performance from the blue Chelsea remained Drogba scored 7 goals in last eight and Chris Martin scored 6 goals in Capital One Cup appearances.

The Blues are wiped out in 3 of their last four quarter-last ties inside the Capital One Cup.

Andre Schurrle has attempted a considerable measure of shots while not assessment than the other player amid the current year's rival.