Eden Hazard will start for Chelsea for the first time this season in Wednesday's Carabao Cup third-round tie with Nottingham Forest.
The Belgium playmaker suffered a broken ankle in June and has made three substitute appearances for the Blues in the last 10 days.
Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte said: "For Eden now is the right moment to start the game and to try to play the whole game."
Hazard recently said Conte improved him within a week of his appointment in a comment which many interpreted as a slight on Jose Mourinho, rather than praise for Chelsea's Italian boss.