Team News: Eden Hazard dropped to Chelsea bench

Chelsea winger Eden Hazard has been named among the substitutes for his side's Champions League clash at Porto.

Manager Jose Mourinho hinted in his pre-match press conference that he was prepared to drop his star names, and the Portuguese has acted to remove both Hazard and Nemanja Matic from his team.

Club captain John Terry remains on the bench, but Diego Costa starts in attack with his current suspension only applying to domestic games.

John Obi Mikel has been included in midfield, but there is no place among the substitutes for either Radamel Falcao or Loic Remy.

As for Porto, goalkeeper Iker Casillas makes his 152nd appearance in the Champions League, which is a record for the competition.

Porto: Casillas, Maxi, Maicon, Marcano, Martins Indi, Danilo, Ruben Neves, Imbula, Brahimi, Aboubakar, Andre Subs: Helton, Layun, Evandro, Corona, Bueno, Osvaldo

Chelsea: Begovic; Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Fabregas; Ramires, Willian, Pedro; Diego Costa Subs: Blackman, Baba Rahman, Terry, Matic, Loftus-Cheek, Hazard, Kenedy

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