Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah is not a starter for Liverpool as they face off with Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge in the Premier League with the aim to win and get close to European places.

Senegal centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly also starts for the Blues who are onlyb 11th on Premier League table right now and need to win more than any other team.

As reported earlier by Africa Top Sports, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been left out of the squad by Bruno Salto.

Confirmed line-ups

Chelsea XI : Kepa – Fofana, Koulibaly, Cucurella – James, Fernandez, Kanté, Chilwell – Havertz, Kovaic, Felix.

Liverpool XI : Alisson – Tsimikas, Matip, Konaté, Gomez – Henderson, Fabinho, Jones – Nunez, Firmino, Jota.

Kick-off : 19:00 GMT