Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Chelsea's Premier League clash with West Brom from Stamford Bridge. It has been a long international break, hasn't it? Thomas Tuchel can do no wrong in England, but he now has another obstacle to overcome - will he be struck down by the curse of the post-Manager of the Month award? West Brom are next up for unbeaten Tuchel, with Sam Allardyce no stranger to an upset in these types of games.

Diagne's is the first West Brom name in the book for an elbow into Azpilicueta's face.

Chelsea very much in command of possession now after a slow start.

MISS! That man again, Timo Werner does not even make contact at the near post. Should have done much better from a great position. He really needs to put one of these openings away.

Alonso sneaks in down the left, drills for goal, but Sam Johnstone does well to get down and make the save.

First attack of any note from Chelsea, but Hakim Ziyech's cross is dealt with.

Still all West Brom as Darnell Furlong's cross is blocked behind for a corner.

Straight into the wall from Pereira. Sloppy start from Chelsea here.

Chelsea are in a pickle here! Poor pass from Jorginho puts Thiago Silva in trouble, he is forced into a foul right on the edge of his box, to earn him an early caution.

Good start from the visitors here. Matheus Pereira arrives on the edge of the box but fires straight at Edouard Mendy in the home goal.

KICK OFF! We are up and running at Stamford Bridge.

So here we go. Chelsea firm favourites of course this afternoon, with a victory taking them within two points of Leicester in third. Can Big Sam upset the apple cart? We are minutes away!

Ahead of kick off, catch up with all the latest transfer talk from across Europe as one man dominates the headlines.

Making the Premier League look easy. Chelsea are yet to concede a single goal in their five Premier League home games under Thomas Tuchel. In English top-flight history, the only team to keep a clean sheet in their first six home games under a specific manager are Manchester City under Ron Saunders in 1973-74.

Haaland to Chelsea? Good one.

LACK OF CAPITAL GAINS: West Bromwich Albion have won just 10% of their Premier League games in London (W7 D19 L44), the lowest ratio of any non-London side with at least 50 visits to the capital. The Baggies are winless in their last 13 such games since a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace in August 2016 (D2 L11).

Ah yes, the hero returns.

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last seven Premier League meetings with West Brom (W5 D2), coming from 0-3 down at half-time to draw 3-3 in the reverse fixture at the Hawthorns this season. West Brom are winless in their last 15 away league games against Chelsea (D3 L12) since a 3-1 win in September 1978. In the Premier League, the Baggies have lost 10 of their 12 visits to Stamford Bridge (D2), failing to score on nine occasions in that run.

Blues in da house.

SILVA AND WERNER START, AJAYI IN: There were so seeming ill-effects from his vigorous celebrating in the stands during Chelsea's Champions League match against Atletico Madrid for Thiago Silva, as he starts for the Blues for the first time since early February. Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic join Timo Werner in attack, with the Germany international looking to put a rather embarrassing miss for his country to the back of his mind. Scorer of the Baggies equaliser at Anfield, Semi Ajayi, replaces Conor Gallagher in West Brom's line-up, with the Chelsea loanee unable to feature against his parent club.

TEAM NEWS - CHELSEA: Mendy, Alonso, Silva, Zouma, Azpilicueta, James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pulisic, Werner, Ziyech Subs: Arrizabalaga, Rudiger, Christensen, Giroud, Mount, Hudson-Odoi, Chilwell, Gilmour, Havertz /// WEST BROM: Johnstone, Furlong, Bartley, Ajayi, O'Shea, Yokuslu, Phillips, Townsend, Maitland-Niles, Pereira, Diagne... Subs: Button, Robson-Kanu, Robinson, Livermore, Diangana, Ivanovic, Peltier, Snodgrass, Grant.

The teams are in...