"We've got five fit defenders at the moment, but some of them aren't 100 percent fit. We are a little bit stretched but the guys are putting their hand up and getting out there, so that's good," Hughes told British media.
"Phil Bardsley is going to be out for a number of weeks. Geoff Cameron is really, really sore once again, but we suspected that would be the case after two games in a short space of time."
Stoke, who are on a three-game winning run in the league, are seventh in the table and will look to put themselves in contention for the European spots by picking up three points against 10th-placed Chelsea.
(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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