Chelsea are expected to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation:

1 Petr Cech; 2 Branislav Ivanovic, 24 Gary Cahill, 26 John Terry (c), 3 Ashley Cole; 7 Ramires, 8 Frank Lampard; 11 Oscar, 10 Juan Mata, 17 Eden Hazard; 29 Demba Ba.

Substitutes: 23 Mark Schwarzer, 28 Cesar Azpilicueta, 12 John Mikel Obi, 16 Marco van Ginkel, 15 Kevin De Bruyne, 14 Andre Schurrle, 18 Romelu Lukaku.

Villa are expected to line up in the following 4-3-3 formation:

Guzan; Lowton, Vlaar (c), Clark, Luna; El Ahmadi, Westwood, Delph; Weimann, Benteke, Agbonlahor.

Substitutues: Steer,Bennett, Okore, Bacuna, Helenius, Tonev, Sylla.

The referee is Kevin Friend.

I AM EXCITED TO BE BACK HOME AND WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT BY MOURINHO

It is great to write again to my Blues brothers, and I start with a question: How would you feel if Mr Abramovich asked you to manage and coach our first team? How would you feel as a Chelsea supporter? Proud? Excited? Motivated? Ready? That is exactly what I felt.

That is why I introduced myself as the Happy One, that is exactly what I feel every day when I drive to Cobham or to Stamford Bridge. I am at home again; I am where I want to be again; I am, once again, in a club that is much more than my club - it is also a passion. A passion that I share with every one of you.

This summer, the boss celebrates 10 years of amazing work at his club. I celebrate my return, but this match is not a testimonial! This match is Premier League: Day One, against a team full of confidence because they have just gained automatic promotion; a team led by my friend Steve Bruce and supported by a few thousand fans in the away end, all of them with the mentality they created last season - play to win; play to get a result.

I congratulate them all and I wish them a great season in the Premier League, and I tell every one of you that this match will be a hard one - this match demands from us all that we can give. That is why I ask, in a humble way, for your support to our team. We need you. We need your support.

We welcome to the club our new players - Andre Schurrle, Marco van Ginkel, Kevin De Bruyne and Mark Schwarzer. Mark is an experienced goalkeeper and the other boys are young - they need our support as they settle down. We will support them technically and you can support them emotionally to feel that they belong at Chelsea.

We need to feel that Stamford Bridge is together, creating a great football atmosphere, an atmosphere that everyone enjoys, but where our opponents feel they are not playing against 11 - they are playing against 40,000.

Blues all the wayyyyyyyyyyy

Chelsea all the wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.