African duo rested for Chelsea

Chelsea will be without Ivory Coast strikers Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou against Burnley in the Barclays Premier League at Turf Moor tomorrow.

Chelsea will be without Ivory Coast strikers Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou against Burnley in the Premier League at Turf Moor tomorrow.

The pair have returned from the African Nations Cup but will not be considered for first-team duties until Chelsea visit Hull on Tuesday night.

Midfielder Michael Essien is out with a knee injury along with Juliano Belletti but coach Carlo Ancelotti has no fresh injury worries.

Provisional squad: Cech, Hilario, Turnbull, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, A. Cole, Ballack, Deco, Lampard, J. Cole, Malouda, Anelka, Sturridge, Borini, Ferreira, Alex, Zhirkov, Kakuta.