Frank Lampard has named six changes to his starting XI for this evening's Premier League game against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge, with only Edouard Mendy, Ben Chilwell, N'Golo Kante, Mason Mount, and Christian Pulisic retaining their spots from the dismal 3-1 defeat away to Arsenal on Boxing Day.

Club captain Cesar Azpilicueta comes in for Reece James with Toni Rudiger and Andreas Christensen taking over at centre half. Mateo Kovacic drops out of the midfield for Jorginho, while Olivier Giroud and Callum Hudson-Odoi come into the front three alongside Christian Pulisic.

Hakim Ziyech remains sidelined by a hamstring injury.

Speaking after Saturday's loss at the Emirates, Lampard said that it would be impossible not to make wholesale changes with insufficient recovery time between fixtures.

"There will be some changes and I knew that anyway," he said. "I am certainly not going to bang the drum about the quick turnaround after our performance today. That's not the point.

"We are playing two games in two days and that would have happened anyway. Some of those will happen because of how the game went and people will have to come in and inject energy and personality."

Chelsea: Edouard Mendy; Cesar Azpilicueta, Toni Rudiger, Andreas Christensen, Ben Chilwell; N'Golo Kante, Jorginho, Mason Mount; Callum Hudson-Odoi, Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic.

Substitutes: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Fikayo Tomori, Emerson Palmieri, Billy Gilmour, Kai Havertz, Mateo Kovacic, Thiago Silva, Timo Werner, Tammy Abraham.

You can follow all the action from Stamford Bridge in our live blog with Alan Smith right here. Kick-off is at 5:30pm.