Joe Cole is restored to the side, taking over from Salomon Kalou on the right of midfield.
It's the England man's 150th league game in a Chelsea shirt. That one change apart, it's the same starting line-up as faced Liverpool with Deco again operating in central midfield alongside Frank Lampard.
Hull name the same side for a fifth game-in-a-row, left-back Andy Dawson having overcome an injury scare.
Thirty-nine-year-old Dean Windass, a thorn in many a past Chelsea team's side is on the bench.
Chelsea will line-up in a 4-1-4-1 formation as follows:
1 Petr Cech
17 José Bosingwa
6 Ricardo Carvalho
26 John Terry (c)
3 Ashley Cole
12 John Mikel Obi
10 Joe Cole
20 Deco
8 Frank Lampard
15 Florent Malouda
39 Nicolas Anelka
Substitutes: 23 Carlo Cudicini, 2 Branislav Ivanovic, 33 Alex, 18 Wayne Bridge, 35 Juliano Belletti, 21 Salomon Kalou, 9 Franco Di Santo.
Hull are expected to line-up in the following 4-4-2 formation:
Myhill; McShane, Turner, Zayatte, Dawson; Marney, Ashbee (c), Boateng, Geovanni; King, Cousin.
Subs: Halmosi, Hughes, Duke, Mendy, Ricketts, Garcia, Windass.
The referee is Andre Marriner.
The match in full can be seen of Chelsea TV from midnight.
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