Chelsea v Leicester LIVE: FA Cup team news and line-ups

So Chelsea make two changes to the side that beat Newcastle on Monday. Sanchez comes in for Petrovic in goal, while Mudryk starts as Fernandez is suspended.

Leicester make four changes from the draw at Hull. Stolarczyk comes in for Hermansen in goal, while Doyle replaces Justin at left-back. Daka replaces Vardy upfront, while Ndidi comes in for Yunus Akgun in midfield.

And here are the respective XIs.

CHELSEA XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Disasi, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Gallagher; Palmer, Mudryk, Sterling; Jackson.

LEICESTER CITY XI: Stolarczyk; Choudhury, Faes, Vestergaard, Doyle; Ndidi, Dewsbury-Hall, Winks; Fatawu, Mavididi, Daka.

A reminder of the relevant team news just before the line-ups are due to be announced.

Ben Chilwell (knee), called up by England, and Benoit Badiashile (groin) could be available for the Blues. But Wesley Fofana (knee), Reece James (thigh), Lesley Ugochukwu (hamstring), Levi Colwill (toe), Romeo Lavia (thigh) and Christopher Nkunku (thigh) are out.

Enzo Fernandez is suspended, while Cesare Casadei is unavailable after featuring for Leicester earlier in the tournament.

For Leicester, Ricardo Pereira and Dennis Praet are out with hamstring injuries, while winger Kasey McAteer is also out.

A reminder of how you can watch today’s earlier kick-off.

You can watch the game on free-to-air television in the UK with BBC One. Coverage starts at 12.20pm GMT.

The BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer (both free with a subscription) will offer fans the option of a live stream on laptops and mobile devices.

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If this year’s January’s market seemed quiet, it was in part because there were very active discussions behind the scenes at the biggest spenders of the last three windows.

They want a major striker, above all Napoli’s Victor Osimhen. The club owners’ recent purchase of 1,000 shares for £140m isn’t viewed as an indication of budget, though.

Mauricio Pochettino has publicly said he has been told they don’t need to sell to buy. This Chelsea hierarchy has generally attempted different methods, constantly looking at angles others haven’t thought of yet.

“Kasey’s injured, Ricky’s injured and Jamie’s injured,” the Italian told the media in Seagrave on Friday.

“As I said to you at the last press conference, when we played Sunderland away, [Vardy] didn’t train. He just did something before the game. Then he played the last game. Fortunately for us, he scored twice, but then he got injured again.

“It’s a small problem. I said many times, we all love Jamie Vardy, but at the same time he’s 37 and we cannot forget that. It’s not a big issue. We also have the international break so hopefully we can have all our players back after that.”

The Ukrainian came off the bench to score with a superb individual goal to make it 3-1 in the 76th minute on Monday night (11 March).

“It was a very good goal and that is what we expect from a player from the bench – impact,” said Pochettino.

“Then it is about competing with different players in his position. Then he will deserve to (start).”

Chelsea’s parent company BlueCo 22 announced net losses of 653 million pounds ($832.71 million) after tax for the March 2022 to June 2023 period, while the Premier League club suffered 90.1 million pounds in losses before tax, company filings showed.

The club also had increased matchday and commercial revenue after they operated without the government restrictions placed on them after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when former Chelsea owner and Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was sanctioned.

Mauricio Pochettino revealed “some Chelsea players did not sleep” before their Carabao Cup final defeat to Liverpool in February.

Pochettino believes the experience of playing at Wembley will help prevent a repeat of such problems if his team advance into the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Speaking ahead of Saturday’s quarter-final clash with Leicester, Pochettino said: “The expectations can be so high and low and the mood (of the players) depends on the day.

“For us to beat Leicester will be massive for us because there is a possibility for this team to play at Wembley again.