Team News: Astana vs. Chelsea injury, suspension list, predicted XIs

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), Mykhaylo Mudryk (illness/rested), Robert Sanchez, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Noni Madueke, Jadon Sancho, Nicolas Jackson, Christopher Nkunku, Joao Felix (all rested)

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Jorgensen; Acheampong, Disasi, Adarabioyo, Veiga; Rak-Sakyi, Dewsbury-Hall; George, Chukwuemeka, Neto; Guiu

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