Cesc Fabregas, Michy Batshuayi start on bench for Chelsea against West Ham

Updated 15/08/2016 at 18:13 GMT

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has named Cesc Fabregas on the bench for his first Premier League game at Stamford Bridge.

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The Italian prefers new £30million signing N'Golo Kante and Nemanja Matic in the holding midfield position, while he also names Oscar and Eden Hazard behind Diego Costa in his forward line.

Michy Batshuayi, who joined from Marseille for £33million over the summer, will join Fabregas on the bench.

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Meanwhile, West Ham boss Slaven Bilic names Andy Carroll up front with Dimitri Payet on the bench after his exploits for France at Euro 2016.

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, JT (c), Azpi; Kante; Willian, Matic, Oscar, Hazard; Costa. Subs: Begovic, Aina, Fabregas, Loftus-Cheek, Moses, Pedro, Batshuayi

West Ham: Adrian, Antonio, Reid, Collins, Masuaku, Nordtveit, Ayew, Noble, Kouyate, Valencia, Carroll. Subs: Randolph, Obiang, Tore, Ogbonna, Byram, Payet, Oxford

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