Chelsea football club with this night entertain their Greece opponent POAK in an UEFA Europa league tie that is a mere formality. Chelsea will look up to bounce back from 3-1 defeat at Wembley to shore up morale and get to winning ways once again. Chelsea and Arsenal remains the only seven teams that have booked their place in the last 32 features with two group matches to go. Other teams who joined the English teams Lazio, Dinamo Zagreb, Bayer Leverkusen, Zurich and Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Chelsea had dismissed POAK in the first match of Group L game by a lone goal and also maintained the same score line in the second match with MOL Vidi. Their third match saw Chelsea beat BATE Borisov 3-1 at the bridge and 1-0 in the return feature.

The former champions who are playing in the competition for the second time starting from beginning after missing out the champions’ league last season will host POAK at Stamford bridge. Marizio Sarri has maintained a fair rotation line up as we have seen the likes of Emerson and Davide Zappacosta in the line up. I don’t see this changing to night in what looks like a work over match after Chelsea 12 points on the log after 4 games. Other players am expecting on this line up are goal keeper Willy Caballero, centre defender Andreas Christensen and young star Callum Hudson-Odoi, Loftus-Cheek, Cahill Pedro and Giroud.

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There are calls from the Chelsea fan base for Maurizio Sarri to features our young star Calllum Hudson-Odoi in tonight games. I think this boy really deserve a place the starting line up as we will have slime chances of featuring in other competitive matches.

Injury Worries

Hazard

Chelsea play maker Eden Hazard has been ruled out of tonight game as a result of ankle injury he sustained during last weekend derby with Tottenham.

Ethan Ampadu

The Whales international picked up a knock earlier this month during an international assignment.

Victor Moses

The out of favour Nigerian ex international who is still yet to find a place in Sarri line up is out with a back injury.

Predictions

Chelsea playing in front of the home fans following their last weekend disappointing outing will watch to give the fans something to cheer for. Chelsea has never lost a group game in UEFA Cup winning 8 matches and drawing 2 games.

Chelsea 3-1 POAK