N’Golo Kante and Kalidou Koulibaly will miss Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Leicester.
Kante will be out for at least a month more with hamstring trouble, while Koulibaly is suspended.
Chelsea target Wesley Fofana will continue to miss out for Leicester.
The defender is training with the club’s under-23 squad having missed senior training last week and is not being considered for selection. The Blues have had three offers rejected, the last on Tuesday worth around £70million.
Midfielder James Maddison will be assessed after suffering a twinge in training while full-backs Ricardo Pereira (Achilles) and Ryan Bertrand (knee) are out.
Chelsea provisional squad: Mendy, Arrizabalaga, James, Silva, Chalobah, Azpilicueta, Cucurella, Chilwell, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Jorginho, Gallagher, Chukwuemeka, Mount, Havertz, Sterling, Pulisic, Hudson-Odoi, Ziyech, Broja.
Leicester provisional squad: Ward, Iversen, Justin, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Amartey, Evans, Thomas, Castagne, Ndidi, Soumare, Dewsbury-Hall, Mendy, Tielemans, Maddison, Albrighton, Praet, Vardy, Daka, Barnes, Iheanacho, Perez.
