Nathan Jones made four changes from his Charlton side that saw a two-goal lead slip in last Sunday’s 2-2 draw away at Blackburn Rovers; Will Mannion, Keenan Gough, Sonny Carey, and Greg Docherty all coming into the eleven.
CHARLTON ATHLETIC STARTING 11
Will Mannion; Lloyd Jones, Amari'i Bell (74), Keenan Gough; Conor Coventry (66), Sonny Carey, Greg Docherty (66), Tyreece Campbell (82), James Bree; Charlie Kelman (66), Miles Leaburn.
CHARLTON ATHLETIC SUBS
Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Macaulay Gillesphey (66); Rob Apter, Ibrahim Fullah, Joe Rankin-Costello (66), Luke Berry, Harvey Knibbs (82) , Karoy Anderson (66); Tanto Olaofe (74).
Ahead of his first encounter as Chelsea manager, Liam Rosenior has made eight changes to the Blues side that were beaten 2-1 away at Fulham on Wednesday evening. There is no Cole Palmer, Reece James or Malo Gusto in the matchday squad, which is interesting considering all three played at least 30 minutes in the Fulham match.
CHELSEA STARTING 11
Filip Jorgensen; Benoit Badiashile Tosin, Jorrel Hato (85), Josh Acheampong; Andrey Santos, Moises Caicedo Facundo Buonanotte (69); Jamie Gittens (65), Alejandro Garnacho (85), Marc Guiu (69).
CHELSEA SUBS
Robert Sanchez; Wesley Fofana (85), Trevoh Chalobah; Dario Essugo, Enzo Fernandez (69), Estevao (65), Pedro Neto (85); Liam Delap (69), Joao Pedro.
This is the first meeting between the sides since February 2007 in the Barclays Premier League when a goal from Frank Lampard enough to give Chelsea the win at The Valley. They have met twice before in the FA Cup, the Blues winning both encounters in 1963 (fourth round), and 1995 (third round).
Charlton came out of the blocks quickly, with Miles Leaburn forcing the first yellow of the match in the fifth minute from Chris Kavanagh to Benoit Badiashile.
After a delay in the match, Chelsea began to find their groove with Jorrel Hato and Jamie Gittens each having efforts which forced Will Mannion into making a couple of saves.
The Blues were beginning to dominate most of the possession but couldn't create any sort of issues for Charlton's backline.
Josh Acheampong's effort from outside the area once again forced Mannion into having to make a diving save.
Gittens had the best chance of the half on 45 when his low effort was prevented from finding the bottom right-hand corner by Mannion again.
Chelsea finally broke the deadlock in the fifth minute of added time when the ball dropped nicely for Jorrel Hato, who struck a first-time volley which flew into the roof of the net.
The Blues doubled the lead five minutes after the break, Facundo Buonanotte whipped a ball to the front post, and it was flicked in at the near post by Tosin.
Alejandro Garnacho nearly took the game beyond all doubt a couple of minutes later, but his shot flew past the post.
Charlton had life in the tie, pulling a goal back in the 56th minute. The corner was whipped in, and somehow Jorgensen managed to stop the ball crossing the line but he was unable to stop Leaburn's effort as he smashed it into the net.
The World Champions restored their two-goal advantage in the 61st minute, Garnacho's driving run ending with a pass to Buonanotte, his effort was saved by Mannion, but Marc Guiu was there to turn in the rebound.
Second half sub, Estevao was denied a Chelsea fourth from close-range by the palms of the Charlton keeper.
The Blues had a couple more big chances to finish Charlton off completely, Estevao's effort stinging the palms of Mannion before a poor clearance from the defence saw Enzo Fernandez pick the ball up, and his looping effort forced the keeper to tip it over the bar.
Pedro Neto sealed Chelsea's spot in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup in the 91st minute with a driven effort which flew past Mannion.
Estevao won a penalty in the last minute which was converted by Enzo Fernandez for goal number five.
The result certainly did not reflect how the game went, Charlton were very brave throughout but the quality that the Premier League had came through in the second half especially.
For Liam Rosenior, it is a perfect way to start life at Chelsea. Next up for him is his first appearance in the dugout at Stamford Bridge as the Blues host Arsenal in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
Charlton host Sheffield United in the Championship next Saturday.