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Nicolas Anelka makes his full debut in the only change from the side that beat Tottenham last time out.

That means Shaun Wright-Phillips continues in midfield from where he has scored in consecutive games while Juliano Belletti and Ashley Cole are again the chosen full-backs.

Birmingham are unchanged from the side that took a point at Arsenal. New signing James McFadden is on the bench alongside former Chelsea striker Mikael Forssell.

Chelsea are expected to line up in a 4-3-3 formation as follows:

1 Petr Cech

35 Juliano Belletti

33 Alex

5 Ricardo Carvalho

3 Ashley Cole

24 Shaun Wright-Phillips

4 Claude Makelele

13 Michael Ballack ©

10 Joe Cole

39 Nicolas Anelka

15 Florent Malouda

Subs: 23 Carlo Cudicini, 22 Tal Ben-Haim, 18 Wayne Bridge, 9 Steve Sidwell, 14 Claudio Pizarro.

Birmingham are expected to line up in a 4-4-2 formation as follows:

Taylor; Kelly, Ridgewell, Schmitz, Queudrue; Larsson, Muamba, Johnson ©, Kapo; O'Connor, Jerome.

Subs: Doyle, Parnaby, McSheffrey, McFadden, Forssell.

The referee is Rob Styles.

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