14 Crunching challenge from Gary Cahill on Drogba on edge of box, he got the ball cleanly but the Ivorian felt it.
14 Good ball for Davies, he rises above Ashley Cole but it is just too strong for Ngog and Petr Cech claims it.
13 Martin Petrov is over it but disappointingly for Bolton he can only fire into the wall.
12 Bolton win free-kick on the edge of the box as Raul Meireles slides in on Darren Pratley - no booking but real danger.
11 Mata looks to play in Didier Drogba but Boyata is there quickly to cover and clear his lines.
10 Bolton look to send Ricardo Gardner clear he cuts past Terry but Luiz is there to cover well, but Ngog is booked for diving in on the Brazilian.
7 John Terry down getting treatment as Ngog's follow through catches the Chelsea skipper 'down below'.
7 First chance for Bolton as ball comes for David Ngog on the edge of the box, he looks for goal but it is high and wide is never threatening the goal.
5 Chelsea pushing forward at every opportunity, David Luiz again looks for run of Bosingwa but it is too heavy and it goes behind.
3 Sturridge's goal is the quickest in the Premier League this season...
3 Chelsea on the front foot still and Sturridge flashes another effort just wide. The visitors dominating already.
2 GOAL - DANIEL STURRIDGE - Corner comes in from Juan Mata, nobody is marking Sturridge and he heads home from six-yards - horrendous defending.
2 Great break from Chelsea as Jose Bosingwa breaks down the right, he fires ball into the box and Dedryck Boyata slides it behind.
1 Bolton get possession early on, ball into the box looking for Kevin Davies, but it is out for a goal-kick.
1 Chelsea get us under way kicking from right to left.
Teams are on their way out now, and Bolton will be desperate to avoid their worst league start in a century but Chelsea have one of the best records at the Reebok...Bolton have not beaten them since 2003, home or away.
Chelsea fan Jonathan Markham is not to happy that Josh McEachran isn't even on the bench today.
Thanks for all your tweets also, not many positive Bolton feedbacks, including Gareth Ainscow who thinks Owen Coyle is looking to play defensively today.
Bolton: Bogdan, Steinsson, Cahill, Boyata, Robinson, Petrov, Pratley, Reo-Coker, Gardner, Ngog, Kevin Davies.
Subs: Lainton, Muamba, Eagles, Sanli, Knight, Mark Davies, Vela.
The hosts' line-up showed five changes from last weekend's 3-0 defeat at Arsenal, with Bogdan replacing the injured Jaaskelainen and Gary Cahill, Dedryck Boyata, Ricardo Gardner and skipper Kevin Davies the other men promoted to the first XI.
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Luiz, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Meireles, Lampard, Mata, Drogba, Sturridge.
Subs: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Romeu, Mikel, Malouda, Lukaku, Anelka.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was handed his first start in more than a month in place of the suspended Fernando Torres. Daniel Sturridge - scorer of eight goals in 12 games during a loan spell with Wanderers last season - is also in the Blues side, along with Frank Lampard, who kept his starting berth after scoring in the midweek Champions League draw with Valencia.
Both sides have made changes, Chelsea three and Bolton five...
Team news is starting to filter through and it seems Jussi Jaaskelainen is not fit to start due to a leg injury so Adam Bogdan is set to play.
Feedback is flooding in but all Chelsea at the moment, Adam Major, Barry Adams and Hitesh Matlani all thinking big wins for AVB's men and all tipping Didier Drogba to score...
Whilst we wait for the team news, why no visit our friends at SkyBet for a little flutter. The odds at the moment are Bolton 7/1 Draw 100/30 Chelsea 2/5.
I look forward to hearing from you and I will endeavour to post as many of your thoughts, opinions and reaction as I can.
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Welcome to our live coverage of the Premier League clash between Bolton and Chelsea. We will bring you minute-by-minute coverage from the Reebok as Andre Villas-Boas looks to guide his side back into third.
Source: http://www.skysports.com/football/match_commentary/0,19764,11065_3422896,00.html
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