Chelsea will field a much-changed team for today’s Conference League clash with Astana in Kazakhstan.
Enzo Maresca’s boys have landed in Kazakhstan with a 20-man traveling squad to face Astana, and it’s unsurprising that so many first-team stars have been left back in England to avoid making such a long trip
The Blues have won all four of their group stage games in the competition so far and sit top of the table, giving manager Enzo Maresca licence to prioritise Sunday’s Premier League meeting with west London Brentford by sparing key players the eight-hour flight
Predicted Chelsea XI (4-2-3-1): Jorgensen; Acheampong, Disasi, Tosin, Veiga; Dewsbury-Hall, Chukwuemeka; George, Nkunku, Neto; Guiu
It would be great to see plenty of Chelsea youngsters get some first-team minutes after making the long trip to Kazakhstan, but there’s still three points to be gained and a potential strong XI to select from the off.
