Chelsea's struggling playmaker Eden Hazard will start their Champions League group stage clash with Dynamo Kiev, despite speculation to the contrary.

Hazard was dropped for the win over Aston Villa at the weekend after, by his own admission, a rough start to the current season.

Speculation has even linked the reigning PFA Player of the Year with a move to Real Madrid, but Jose Mourinho will give the Belgian a chance to begin a turnaround in his fortunes against Kiev. Kurt Zouma plays at right-back with John Terry and Gary Cahill the central pairing.

There is no room for Ruben Loftus-Cheek in the matchday squad.

Chelsea: Begovic; Zouma, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Ramires, Matic; Willian, Fabregas, Hazard; Diego Costa. Subs: Blackman, Baba, Mikel, Oscar, Traore, Kenedy, Falcao.

Dinamo Kiev: Shovkovskiy, Danilo Silva, Khacheridi, Dragovic, Vida, Sydorchuk, Rybalka, Yarmolenko, Buyalsky, Gonzalez, Kravets. Subs: Rybja, Veloso, Antunes, Petrovic, Junior Moraes, Garmash, Gusev.

The games:

Zenit 6:45 PM Lyon	BATE 6:45 PM Barcelona
Dynamo Kyiv 6:45 PM Chelsea	Dinamo Zagreb 6:45 PM

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