Chelsea will hope to seal qualification to the Champions League last-16 during their trip to Austria to face Red Bull Salzburg this evening.
The Blues opened their European campaign with a shock defeat to Dinamo Zagreb but Graham Potter’s arrival has transformed their fortunes.
Chelsea have gone on an eight-match unbeaten run under the former Brighton boss, whose first game in charge was a 1-1 draw against Salzburg in the reverse fixture.
Yet a double over AC Milan has put the west Londoners in firm control of Group E and victory here would guarantee their passage into the knockout rounds with a game to spare.
- Champions League clash will kick-off at 5:45pm.
- Chelsea will qualify with a win in Austria.
- Salzburg: Kohn; Dedic, Wober, Pavlovic, Bernardo; Seiwald, Gourna-Douath, Kjaergaard; Sucic, Okafor, Adamu
- Subs: Walke, Mantl, Piatowski, Ulmer, Baidoo, Van der Brempt, Diarra, Simic, Sesko
- Chelsea: Kepa; Chalobah, Silva, Cucurella; Sterling, Kovacic, Jorginho, Pulisic; Gallagher, Havertz, Aubameyang
- Subs: Mendy, Bettinelli, Azpilicueta, Chilwell, Chukwuemeka, Zakaria, Loftus-Cheek, Broja, Ziyech, Mount
- talkSPORT 2 will have live commentary from Ian Danter and former Chelsea defender Scott Minto.
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News Summary:
- Blues can seal qualification with win as Champions League clash underway, Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic start at wing-back while Mason Mount drops to bench
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