Chelsea take on Russian side Krasnodar in today’s early Champions League kick offs.
The Blues drew 0-0 with Sevilla in their Group E opener last week and now travel to Eastern Europe as their fixtures continue to come thick and fast.
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The Champions League is being fast-tracked this season due to the COVID-19 lockdown meaning teams are playing their first three group games in as many weeks.
Chelsea take on Rennes next Wednesday and will be eager to go into that clash having beaten minnows Krasnodar.
talkSPORT will bring you all the action from south Russia live.
Krasnodar v Chelsea: How to listen
This Group E tie will get under way at 5:55pm on Wednesday, October 28.
Full coverage from the Krasnodar Stadium will be live on talkSPORT 2, with our coverage starting at 5pm.
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Krasnodar v Chelsea: Team news
Thiago Silva will miss Chelsea’s trip to Krasnodar, having been rested by boss Frank Lampard.
Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga remains sidelined with shoulder trouble, so academy stopper Karlo Ziger has joined the Blues’ 22-man travelling squad.
Edouard Mendy should start again in goal regardless, having pulled off successive clean sheets for the Stamford Bridge men.
Billy Gilmour will be out for another few weeks with his long-term knee injury.
Mateo Kovacic, Tammy Abraham, Mason Mount and Hakim Ziyech started on the bench against Man United on Saturday so could come into the starting line-up.
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Krasnodar v Chelsea: What has been said?
Chelsea go into tonight’s tie fresh from successive goalless draws against Sevilla and Manchester United.
Frank Lampard is happy to have seen his team sure things up at the back but now want his Blues side to get going in attack too.
He said: “We were happy with some of the defensive side of our game in the last two games.
“Sevilla was a tough match for our first game in the Champions League, but every game is different. We always try to be defensively strong, so those two games have been positives but we want good attacking football as well.
“So we come to Krasnodar to win and we come here to score goals. It is a fantastic stadium, a good team, we know about them so we will respect them and we want to win.
“We always try to play with the ball. Last season when we qualified for the Champions League we dominated possession in most games in the Premier League. Every game is different but dominating possession is part of how we want to play, but we respect the opposition.
“We know they [Krasnodar] want to play and have possession, they have a lot of possession in their league games, not so much against Rennes in their first match, so we will try to take possession, not just for the sake of having possession but to attack and try to score some goals.”
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