Chelsea vs Leeds LIVE: Team news as Calum McFarlane retakes the reins for FA Cup semi-final

Managerless Chelsea have had a tumultuous week, with the club hoping for an interim-manager bounce today. Chris Wilson runs through how they might line up today:

He will take charge of the Blues for the second time after briefly leading the club before Rosenior arrived, with his previous results including a 1-1 draw away to Manchester City and a 2-1 loss to Fulham.

Predicted Chelsea XI against Leeds: Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Fofana, Cucurella; Santos, Caicedo; Palmer, Fernandez, Neto; Pedro.

Here’s a reminder of how both sides got here:

Derby 1-3 Leeds – Third round

Birmingham 1-1 Leeds (Leeds win 4-2 on penalties) – Fourth round

Leeds 3-0 Norwich City – Fifth round

West Ham 2-2 Leeds (Leeds win 4-2 on penalties) – Quarter-final

Here’s a reminder of how both sides got here:

Charlton Athletic 1-5 Chelsea – Third round

Hull City 0-4 Chelsea – Fourth round

Wrexham 2-4 Chelsea (AET) – Fifth round

Pep Guardiola paid tribute to plucky Southampton after Manchester City scraped into a fourth successive FA Cup final with a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory at Wembley.

A slow-burner of a semi-final came alive 11 minutes from time when Finn Azaz put the second-tier Saints on course for a shock win by curling home a sublime goal.

Yet that served only to spark City into action and substitute Jeremy Doku quickly equalised with a deflected strike before Nico Gonzalez won it with an 87th-minute piledriver.

Here’s what awaits today’s winner, from Chief Sports Writer Lawrence Ostlere...

Manchester City are going to Wembley, again. City will return here on 16 May to meet either Chelsea or Leeds in what will be their fourth successive FA Cup final. If all goes to plan in these final weeks, in this strange crescendo of a season, it will be the second piece in a treble of trophies for Pep Guardiola’s side.

On a warm, hazy evening in London, City won this semi-final 2-1 but only after coming through an almighty scare by Southampton, who came desperately close to an upset.

Chelsea face Leeds at Wembley in their FA Cup semi-final, with the winner to face Manchester City in the showpiece on Saturday 16 May.

The Blues have endured a run of five successive Premier League games without scoring – their worst run in 114 years – and will need to prove less toothless in front of goal if they are to see off Daniel Farke’s side.

Leeds meanwhile are still on a hot streak after snatching a last-gasp draw at Bournemouth, which took them to the all-important 40-point barrier in a huge boost to their Premier League survival bid.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Fofana, Cucurella; Santos, Caicedo; Palmer, Fernandez, Neto; Delap.

Leeds XI: Perri; Struijk, Bijol, Rodon; Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson; Aaronson, Okafor; Calvert-Lewin.

McFarlane confirmed that Estevao is out for the season after scans showed the extent of his hamstring injury. Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro are both “in a good place” after training but will face a late fitness test to see if either can be involved.

Leeds are without Ilia Gruev after he sustained a meniscus injury that has ruled him out for the season. Farke is hopeful that Jayden Bogle, Sebastiaan Bornauw and Anton Stach will be included in Leeds’ semi-final plans.