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Legiavs.Chelsea

sportsmole.co.uk, 9 April 2025, 16:45
Legia Warsaw and Chelsea lock horns in the first leg of their Conference League quarter-final in the Polish capital on Thursday evening.

The hosts enter in good form, after recently reaching their domestic cup final, and claiming three points at the weekend, while Chelsea remain in the driving seat for a top-five finish in the Premier League, despite dropping points at Brentford on Sunday.

LEGIA WARSAW vs. CHELSEA

LEGIA WARSAW

Out: Marc Gual (muscle), Artur Jedrzejczyk (suspended), Jan Ziolkowski (suspended)

Doubtful: Bartosz Kapustka (knee)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Tobiasz; Wszolek, Pankov, Kapuadi, Ruben Vinagre; Elitim, Augustyniak, Kapustka; Chodyna, Luquinhas, Morishita

CHELSEA

Out: Wesley Fofana (hamstring), Romeo Lavia (unregistered), Mykhaylo Mudryk (suspended)

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Jorgensen; Gusto, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; James, Caicedo, Enzo; Palmer, Jackson, Neto

For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here. Written by

Andrew Delaney

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