Team News: Danny Drinkwater in line to make Chelsea debut against Everton

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has made nine changes to his starting XI ahead of their EFL Cup fourth-round encounter with Everton at Stamford Bridge.

Danny Drinkwater has been drafted in for his Blues debut following the midfielder's £35m deadline-day move from Leicester City and recovery from a calf injury.

Teenage defensive midfielder Ethan Ampadu will also make his first senior start for Chelsea in a much-changed team from the one that won 4-2 against Watford at the weekend.

As for Everton, interim manager David Unsworth has made five changes from the side that lost 5-2 at Arsenal on Sunday.

Beni Baningime makes his first senior appearance for the Toffees, having impressed for the Under-23s.

Jordan Pickford, Wayne Rooney and Ashley Williams all start for the visitors tonight, but there is no place for the likes of Michael Keane, Gylfi Sigurdsson or Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Chelsea: Caballero, Rudiger, Christensen, Cahill, Zappacosta, Drinkwater, Ampadou, Kenedy, Musonda, Willian, Batshuayi Subs: Eduardo, Clarke-Salter, Sterling, Scott, Fabregas, Pedro, Morata

Everton: Pickford, Baines, Williams, Jagielka, Kenny, Baningime, McCarthy, Davies, Lennon, Mirallas, Rooney Subs: Robles, Keane, Sigurdsson, Niasse, Calvert-Lewin, Holgate, Lookman