Confirmed Chelsea vs Manchester United team news: Ronaldo on the bench
The clash between Chelsea and Manchester United kicks off at Stamford Bridge soon, and ahead of the game, both sides have unveiled their official starting eleven.
For United, the biggest surprise is Michael Carrick dropping our lead scorer this season, Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench, while Alex Telles gets a rare start.
Bruno Fernandes is also recalled to the starting eleven after being snubbed in mid-week.
Phil Jones is named on the bench, together with Diogo Dalot and Jesse Lingard.
See the lineup below
Chelsea starting XI: Mendy; Chalobah, Thiago, Rudiger; James, Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, Alonso; Ziyech, Werner, Hudson-Odoi.
Substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Christensen, Lukaku, Azpilicueta, Barkley, Mount, Saul, Pulisic, Havertz.
Man Utd starting XI: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Lindelof, Telles; Matic; McTominay, Fred; Fernandes; Sancho, Rashford.
Substitutes: Henderson, Jones, Dalot, Mata, Lingard, van de Beek, Ronaldo, Martial, Greenwood.
Referee Anthony Taylor.