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TEAMS: Cuadrado on the bench for Chelsea, Aston Villa drop Benteke
CHELSEA new-boy Juan Cuadrado will start on the bench for the Blues' visit to Aston Villa today.
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Cuadrado joined Chelsea in a £26.8million deal from Fiorentina on deadline day but he will have to wait for his first start in a Blues' strip.
Diego Costa is absent for Chelsea through suspension while Filipe Luis misses out with a calf problem.
Ron Vlaar returns from injury for Villa but is only fit for the bench, while former Chelsea players Joe Cole and Scott Sinclair are also among the substitutes for the home side.
Aston Villa: Guzan, Hutton, Okore, Clark, Cissokho, Westwood, Delph, Cleverley, Agbonlahor, Weimann, Gil
Subs: Given, Vlaar, Bacuna, Sinclair, Cole, Benteke, Sanchez
Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Matic; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Drogba
Subs: Cech, Zouma, Ake, Mikel, Loftus-Cheek, Cuadrado, Remy
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