Ryan Lowe takes his Preston North End side to West London this evening as Premier League giants Chelsea await in the FA Cup.
North End would no doubt love a cup run this season but Chelsea represent an enormous hurdle to clear this evening.
The Blues have a lot of quality in their squad and PNE aren’t exactly in fine form right now.
Lowe is fighting to prove that he is the right man for North End after four wins and 11 defeats in the last 19 Championship games.
Freddie Woodman starts in goal for PNE this evening, behind a familiar back three of Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay and Andrew Hughes.
This appears to be a 3-5-2 rather than a 4-4-2, which means Liam Millar and Brad Potts will be the wing backs.
Ali McCann starts in midfield after securing his new contract on Friday, joining Ben Whiteman and Alan Browne in the engine room.
Will Keane comes into the side and joins Milutin Osmajic up top as North End chase a cup upset at Stamford Bridge.
Mads Frøkjær-Jensen drops to the bench, joining Dai Cornell, Greg Cunningham, Kian Best, Ryan Ledson, Duane Holmes, Ben Woodburn, Ched Evans and Emil Riis.
Chelsea name a host of big-money stars in their lineup with Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Raheem Sterling, Cole Palmer and Mykhailo Mudryk all starting for the Blues.
Chelsea starting XI: Petrovic; Gilchrist, Disasi, Colwill, Gusto; Caicedo, Fernandez; Sterling, Palmer, Mudryk, Broja.
Chelsea substitutes: Bettinelli, Bergstrom, Thiago Silva, Williams, Maatsen, Gallagher, Golding, Madueke, Washington.
Preston North End starting XI: Woodman; Storey, Lindsay, Hughes; Potts, McCann, Whiteman, Browne, Millar; Osmajic, Keane.
Preston North End substitutes: Cornell, Cunningham, Best, Ledson, Frøkjær-Jensen, Holmes, Woodburn, Evans, Riis.