Chelsea v Reading team news

Chelsea:

Chelsea will still be without defender David Luiz for their Premier League game against Reading on Wednesday. The Brazilian centre-back confirmed he will miss the game with a knee injury. Summer signing Marko Marin's hamstring injury is expected to sideline him until the international break. Ramires has recovered from the illness that kept him out of Sunday's

opening win at Wigan.



Roberto Di Matteo: "We are slowly looking to integrate Oscar like we did with the other signings. He hasn't been with us long so we have to give him the right time to get used to his new team-mates, the club and the team, do some tactical work with him and slowly put him into the team."



Reading:

Reading midfielder Jem Karacan will miss the game at Chelsea on Wednesday after failing to recover from a leg injury. Striker Jason Roberts misses out through suspension, but Jimmy Kebe is in the squad after recovering from a hamstring injury. New goalkeeper Stuart Taylor is available but is unlikely to start.



Brian McDermott: "They are the best team in Europe. I thought they were really, really good on Sunday. They started off really well. They got a couple of goals early on and could have scored another one when Fernando Torres went through. But it will be a great challenge for us tomorrow night."



MATCH FACTS:

Chelsea have won five and lost none of the last six meetings in all competitions against Reading.



Reading have only won seven of 38 Premier League away games.



There have been three red cards in the four Premier League games between Reading and Chelsea (two for Reading, one for Chelsea).



Chelsea have won six and lost just one of their last nine Premier League home matches.



Chelsea had just six shots in their opening game against Wigan on Sunday, their fewest in a Premier League game since September 2007 (four versus Man Utd).



Eden Hazard registered the most assists (16) in Ligue 1 in 2011-12 and already has a goal assist to his name for the Blues.



No player has won more penalty kicks in the top five European Leagues (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and England) since the start of last season than Eden Hazard (7).



Reading were forced into more defensive clearances on the opening weekend than any other team in the Premier League (57).



Chelsea have drawn 199 games in Premier League history.



Only Alan Shearer (56) has scored more penalties in the Premier League than Frank Lampard (38).