Courtois could displace Asmir Begovic after recovering from his knee injury, while striker Diego Costa could also return after being unhappy at not featuring at Tottenham last Sunday.
Manager Jose Mourinho had hoped to have captain John Terry, Ramires and Radamel Falcao available, but the trio remain out.
Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe is not giving away any clues on who will keep goal for the clash with Chelsea.
Artur Boruc is troubled by a groin injury, while Adam Federici has an ankle problem and Howe is keeping his cards close to his chest on the fitness of the pair.
The Cherries currently have 10 players on the injured list and although Marc Pugh (Achilles) has started running again, he remains short of match fitness. Harry Arter (hamstring) will be unavailable this weekend but should be back in
contention soon.
Provisional squads
Chelsea: Courtois, Begovic, Ivanovic, Fabregas, Zouma, Rahman, Oscar, Hazard, Mikel, Traore, Kenedy, Pedro, Remy, Costa, Matic, Willian, Cahill, Blackman, Azpilicueta, Loftus-Cheek, Djilobodji.
Bournemouth: Federici, Francis, Cook, Distin, Daniels, Ritchie, Gosling, Surman, Stanislas, King, Smith, MacDonald, Kermorgant, Allsop, Murray, O'Kane, Cargill, Boruc
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