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The 78th minute of Fulham's victory over Leicester last week was one that Cottagers supporters wanted to forget, as it saw star striker Aleksandar Mitrovic incur his fifth booking of the season - ruling him out of the visit of Chelsea through suspension.
However, Silva has no other fresh concerns to work around for Thursday's derby, where Neeskens Kebano will remain out with his Achilles injury, but Shane Duffy will hope to return following an illness.
Meanwhile, Manor Solomon made just his second appearance in Fulham colours since joining from Shakhtar Donetsk against Hull and will hope for a more active role in this game.
Solomon's prospects of starting are slim to none, though, as Silva reintroduces Willian into the final third alongside Mitrovic's deputy, Carlos Vinicius.
Fulham possible starting lineup:
Leno; Tete, Ream, Adarabioyo, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; De Cordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian; Vinicius
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Chelsea's injury list has hit double figures again, with none of Ben Chilwell, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Edouard Mendy, N'Golo Kante, Reece James, Armando Broja or Wesley Fofana ready to return from their problems just yet.
Christian Pulisic and Raheem Sterling are also sidelined with the issues they picked up against Man City in the week - the former is set to be sidelined for a number of weeks - but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang should shake off a back issue to make the squad.
With Potter's options severely limited, the duo of David Datro Fofana and Benoit Badiashile can feel confident of earning their Premier League debuts, albeit most likely as substitutes.
Chelsea are waiting to hear whether new signing Joao Felix was registered in time to feature.
Chelsea
possible starting lineup:
Kepa; Azpilicueta, Koulibaly, Silva, Cucurella; Kovacic, Zakaria, Jorginho; Ziyech, Havertz, Mount
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