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Chelsea team news: Hazard and Fabregas dropped for Stoke visit

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Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas have been dropped to the Chelsea bench for Saturday's game against Stoke City.

The Belgian attacker has been partnering Alvaro Morata up front in recent weeks, but Antonio Conte has left him out of the starting XI, allowing Willian and Pedro to line up on the wings.

Fabregas, meanwhile, has been replaced by the returning Danny Drinkwater, while Tiemoue Bakayoko is also kept in reserve.

Stoke, meanwhile, have made six changes to their first-team with Chelsea loanee Kurt Zouma missing from the team that faced Huddersfield in their last game, while his defensive partner Ryan Shawcross is also absent.