Chelsea v Norwich City: Premier League – live!

Five changes for Chelsea, with Frank Lampard unimpressed with the side sunk 3-0 by Sheffield United in their last game: Rudiger, Alonso, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic and Giroud are in, Christensen, James, Barkley, Mount and Abraham are out.

Norwich did even worse in their last game, losing 4-0 at home to West Ham, and bring in McLean, Rupp, Cantwell and Drmic while leaving out Pukki, Stiepermann, Burndia and Vrancic.

The managers have picked their favourites, and here they are:

Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Zouma, Alonso, Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, Kovacic, Willian, Giroud, Pulisic. Subs: Christensen, Barkley, Abraham, Pedro, Caballero, Mount, Hudson-Odoi, James, Tomori.
Norwich: Krul, Aarons, Godfrey, Klose, Lewis, Tettey, Hernandez, McLean, Rupp, Cantwell, Drmic. Subs: Vrancic, Emi, Stiepermann, Trybull, Pukki, McGovern, Idah, Thomas, Martin.
Referee: Jon Moss.

Hello world!

Having been relegated on Saturday Norwich’s farewell tour starts at Stamford Bridge, where they will attempt to secure a first clean sheet since February against a side that has scored in every game since February. Nothing about this prospect looks likely: it is nearly eight months since the Canaries last won an away game, and in their last three home games Chelsea have scored considerably more goals (nine) than Norwich have in all 17 away fixtures in this season’s Premier League (seven). The difference in goals scored between the two teams is only three away from hitting 40, with Norwich’s survival hopes annihilated by a run of seven successive league defeats – they have never lost eight on the spin.

In summary and to conclude, welcome to Chelsea 5-0 Norwich.