Chelsea make the 7,000-mile round-trip to Kazakhstan to face Astana in their penultimate fixture in the League Phase of the Conference League on Thursday afternoon.
While the West Londoners beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 in the Premier League last weekend, Astana were last in action a fortnight ago when they drew 1-1 with Vitoria de Guimaraes, and here, Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest team news for the two clubs.
ASTANA vs. CHELSEA
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ASTANA
Out: None
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Condric; Bartolec, Kazukolovas, Kalaica, Vorogovskiy; Ebong, Amanovic; Tomasov, Gripshi, Camara; Geoffrey
CHELSEA
Out: Cesare Casadei (suspended), Reece James (hamstring), Wesley Fofana (hamstring/ineligible), Romeo Lavia (muscle/ineligible), Cole Palmer (ineligible), Ben Chilwell (ineligible), Marcus Bettinelli (ineligible)
Doubtful: Mykhaylo Mudryk (illness)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Jorgensen; Acheampong, Disasi, Adarabioyo, Veiga; Rak-Sakyi, Dewsbury-Hall; George, Nkunku, Felix; Guiu
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Oliver Thomas
