Kepa Arrizabalaga is back in the line-up for the Krasnodar clash at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
Frank Lampard has confirmed the goalkeeper rotation with Chelsea already qualified for the last-16.
He told reporters: “Kepa starts. It is about attitude and how you play, his situation now is different with Mendy’s form.
“Kepa is training brilliantly well and acting brilliantly well. I have no qualms about putting him back in.
“He has been very supportive [of Mendy]. I have seen that.
“I watch from afar and he has been supporting him and training well. That’s what I look at. Goalkeepers have to push each other as a group.”