Chelsea are set to battle it out against Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. The Blues will be hoping to pick up a positive result for a place in the finals of the UEFA Champions League.
The London giants were held to a 1-1 draw at Madrid last
week, taking an away goal advantage into the second leg.
First half goals from
Christian Pulisic and Karim Benzema saw an open game in the first half turn
into a closed defensive game.
The Blues then
recorded an impressive 2-0 win against Fulham the following Saturday, whereas
Los Blancos recorded a similar 2-0 victory over Osasuna in the La Liga.
Thomas Tuchel will probably stick for the 3-4-3 formation
with a few tweaks from the last game. Cesar Azpilicueta might get the nod over
Andreas Christensen, whereas Jorginho and N’golo Kante looks will make their
way back into the starting eleven.
Havertz is expected to get another start alongside Pulisic
and Mason Mount in attack, while Reece James and Ben Chilwell supplement them
at wing back.
On injury news, we are
unsure of the fitness condition of Antonio Rudiger and Mateo Kovacic.
Antonio Rudiger picked up a minor face injury against Real
Madrid late into the first leg which forced him to be ruled out against Fulham.
Kovacic, on the other hand, have been out for a few games after picking up an
injury in training some weeks back.
Thomas Tuchel has, however, confirmed late last week that
they both have a very high chance of featuring against Real Madrid.
Those two asides, there are no other injury worries for
Chelsea going into Real Madrid’s game.
Here’s
our Predicted Starting XI to face Real Madrid: Mendy;
Azpilicueta, Silva, Rudiger; James, Jorginho, Kante, Chilwell; Pulisic,
Havertz, Mount.
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