Liam Rosenior has made wholesale changes to his Chelsea line-up for this evening's FA Cup fifth round tie with Championship side Wrexham
16:37, 07 Mar 2026
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Liam Rosenior has made nine changes to his Chelsea side to take on Wrexham this evening in the FA Cup fifth round.
Robert Sanchez returns in goal after being dropped to the bench for the win over Aston Villa, with Filip Jorgensen not in the squad. It looks like a three at the back system for the Blues, with three central defenders in Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile and Mamadou Sarr starting in defence.
Josh Acheampong is at right-back, with Jorrel Hato on the other side. Romeo Lavia starts for the first time in more than four months after he recently returned from a long-term injury.
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Andrey Santos partners Lavia, with Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho and Liam Delap as the front three in Wrexham. Cole Palmer is not in the squad, with the England international being given a rest ahead of next week's trip to Paris, with Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez also left out tonight.
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Academy star Jesse Derry is on the bench. Ryan Kavuma-McQueen has travelled with the rest of the squad but will not take any part this evening at the Racecourse Ground.
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Acheampong, Tosin, Badiashile, Sarr, Hato; Lavia, Santos; Neto, Garnacho, Delap
Chelsea subs: Sharman-Lowe, James, Gusto, Chalobah, Cucurella, Essugo, Derry, Joao Pedro, Guiu