Chelsea will welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Stamford Bridge for their matchday 10 encounter.
The two teams seem to be fired up ahead of the London derby as they have just two points separating them after their last nine games.
However, Liverpool currently sits top of the table with 21 points leaving Chelsea or Tottenham with an opportunity to upstage them if any of the sides come out victorious.
Lampard’s men head into the game with victories in their last three EPL games, while the North Londoners have not dropped any point in their last four.
Chelsea’s goalkeeper Eduoard Mendy has kept four clean sheets in his first five English topflight appearances for his team since he joined them from Rennes in the summer.
His arrival has restored some level of stability to Chelsea’s defence along with some quality defending from a couple of players that joined during the window.
Chelsea predicted line-up Goalkeeper: Eduoard Mendy Defenders: Chilwell, Silva, Zouma, James Midfielders: Kante, Mount, Havertz Forwards: Abraham, Werner, Ziyech
Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Kurt Zouma and Reece James might again get the nod from the club legend having been highly productive in their last few games together.
Silva has proven to be a leader and a fantastic defender with the Blues looking far more solid with him in defence.
He was rested in their 2-0 win over Newcastle United last weekend and this could mean he will be handed the starting berth against Tottenham.
James seems to be Frank Lampard’s first-choice option in the league and will likely come in to replace Cesar Azpilicueta. Zouma and Chilwell are also mainstays in Chelsea’s defence of late.
Kai Havertz and N’Golo Kante were rested in their 2-1 win over Rennes in their Champions League encounter during the week and they could return to the starting XI this weekend.
Both stars along with Mason Mount might be tickling their manager’s fancy with their performances already.
Despite playing Callum Hudson-Odoi in the flanks against Rennes, Lampard might bring back Hakim Ziyech who was rested for the UCL clash.
He is likely to be joined in the attack by Timo Werner and Tammy Abraham while the likes of Olivier Giroud might be watching from the bench again.
However, Chelsea are looking like one of the favourite contenders for the Premier League title this campaign.
