Chelsea FC vs Sunderland: Match day game thread

Chelsea lineup: Cech, Bosingwa, Luiz, Terry, Cole, Romeu, Meireles, Lampard, Ramires, Torres, Mata

Chelsea subs: Turnbull, Essien, Malouda, McEachran, Sturridge, Lukaku, Bertrand

Sunderland lineup: Mignolet; Bardsley, O'Shea, Kilgallon, Richardson; Cattermole (c); Sessègnon, Vaughan, McLean, Kilgallon; Bendtner.

Sunderland subs: Gardner, Turner, Meyler, Elmohamady, Dong Won Ji, Westwood, Wickham

Phil Dowd is the ref

Michael Essien is on the bench. Michael Essien is on the bench. Michael Essien is on the bench. Can you tell I'm excited? Have at it, let's get a comfortable win today so we can have a peek at the bison and maybe the big puppy.