 Although suffering a minor injury in the beginning of pre-season, Ivanović returned during Chelsea's tour of the United States and continue to rotate throughout the games with young right back Ola Aina.Ivanović continued his role as the right-back in the 2–1 during the season opener against West Ham United.However, preceding Chelsea's 3–0 defeat against Arsenal in September, Ivanović was replaced by Victor Moses for the foreseeable future.