The Premier League leaders host The Tigers on Sunday afternoon at Stamford Bridge.
Antonio Conte’s Chelsea will look for their 15th win in 16 Premier League games on Sunday, when relegation-threatened Hull City make the trip to Stamford Bridge.
The Blues bounced back from a 2-0 defeat to rivals Tottenham Hotspur at the beginning of the month, with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over defending champions Leicester City last weekend.
Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso celebrates scoring their second goal
Marcos Alonso’s brace set the West-Londoners on their way to victory at the King Power Stadium, as Diego Costa missed out through injury – despite reports of a training ground bust up with his Italian manager.
The Spanish international has since returned to training with the first team, however it remains to be seen whether the former Atletico Madrid striker and the leagues top scorer will start on Sunday.
The Tigers travel to the champions-elect this weekend off the back of a 3-1 defeat of AFC Bournemouth last time out.
Hull City’s Abel Hernandez celebrates scoring their second goal
Since the sacking of Mike Phelan, Marco Silva has seen his side put in an improved trio of performances, as the Yorkshire side continue to fight on all three domestic fronts.
With half an eye on their EFL Cup Semi-final second leg with Manchester United next Wednesday, the Portuguese may chose to rotate his squad in a game that Hull would not expect to take anything from.
Striker Abel Hernandez scored his third goal in as many games last weekend, with the Uruguayan almost doubling his Premier League goal tally in the space of less than a month.
Chelsea’s Diego Costa celebrates scoring their second goal
In what will be their 10th top-flight meeting, Hull are yet to win a Premier League game versus Chelsea. For their last win, we have to go back almost thirty years ago to 1988, when the Tigers won 3-0 at Boothferry Park in the old League Division Two.
Chelsea won back in October, when they met last, with goals from Diego Costa and Willian seeing the visitors ease to a comfortable three points at the KC Stadium.
As documented, Diego Costa is the only doubt for Chelsea. If the forward recovers from a back strain, he could force his way into the starting eleven, with Willian dropping to the bench.
Nathan Ake is available for Chelsea, but will likely only take his place as a substitute.
Here is how Chelsea could line up:
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