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Chelsea will look to make it three Premier League wins in a row when they travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley on Saturday at 3pm GMT.
The Blues are currently third in the table, 16 points behind leaders Manchester City with two games remaining, while Burnley are 18th, one point behind 17th-placed Everton.
Burnley will be without Erik Pieters, Dale Stephens, Matej Vydra, and Johann Berg Gudmundsson again on Saturday, while Ben Mee is a major doubt due to a knee injury suffered against Leicester last time out.
Dyche stated during his pre-match press conference that the central defender's participation is "touch and go," but it does appear that he is likely to be available.
Wout Weghorst has been impressive since his January arrival and will continue to play in the final third of the field alongside Maxwel Cornet, with Aaron Lennon set to play off the right.
Chelsea's Ben Chilwell is out for the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery, while Andreas Christensen, Cesar Azpilicueta, Hakim Ziyech, and Trevoh Chalobah remain injury concerns.
Chalobah needed stitches after suffering a groin injury against Liverpool, but the centre-back should be available for this match and could play in the back three.
Reece James came off the bench against Luton and could start against Burnley, while N'Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic should play central midfield.
Romelu Lukaku scored in the FA Cup last time out, and the Belgium international could get the nod in the final third with Mason Mount and Kai Havertz on his side.
Burnley possible starting lineup:
Pope; Roberts, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Lennon, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil; Weghorst, Cornet
Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Mendy; Chalobah, T Silva, Rudiger; James, Kovacic, Kante, Alonso; Havertz, Lukaku, Mount
Prediction: Burnley 1-2 Chelsea
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