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The manager with the midas touch? Guus Hiddink has lost just one of his 23 Premier League matches as a manager (W15 D7 L1).
STAT: Chelsea have seen 15 of their players score a Premier League goal this season; the biggest spread in the competition.
Crisis time for Norwich? In their last seven Premier League matches, the Canaries have won just one point (W0 D1 L6), scored seven goals and conceded 19. They have have conceded 10 goals in their last three Premier League home games. Very worrying form.
Alex Neil (via BBC): "Are you going to roll over and give up? We're fighting for our lives and we want to stay in the Premier League. A win changes everything. We are capable of a level that can get us positive results in the remaining 11 games. There is no point us dipping our toe in the water and being a bit cagey and hoping we see things out. We need to go and attack it."
STAT: Chelsea have won seven and lost none of the last nine Barclays Premier League meetings with Norwich City.
Steven Naismith misses out for Norwich as does Sebastian Bassong but Wes Hoolahan returns after missing out against Leicester City.
Branislav Ivanovic scored Chelsea's winning goal at Southampton, and retains the captain's armband on his 350th appearance for the club. Guus Hiddink: "Ivanovic is not a big shouter but the short commands are what I like very much as a manager because I want what we do in training and team meetings to be executed by my key leaders."
So not too many surprised sprung tonight. Guus Hiddink doesn’t risk John Terry as Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic continue their partnership in the centre of defence. Pato starts on the bench for the first time but Pedro misses out with a hamstring injury sustained at Southampton..
And here's how Chelsea line-up.
Here's the Norwich team.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE match coverage as Norwich City entertain Chelsea at Carrow Road. Tonight’s kick-off is 19.45 with team news to follow shortly.