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

Chelsea travel to Croatia to take on Dinamo Zagreb in the opening match of their 2022-23 Champions League campaign on Tuesday.

The Blues won this competition for the second time in their history two seasons ago before being knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Real Madrid last time out, while Dinamo Zagreb have qualified for the group stage for the first time since the 2019-20 campaign.

Here, Sports Mole takes a look at the team news ahead of the clash at Stadion Maksimir.

DINAMO ZAGREB vs. CHELSEA

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DINAMO ZAGREB

Out: None

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Livakovic; Ristovski, Sutalo, Peric, Ljubicic; Spikic, Ademi, Ivanusec, Orsic; Petkovic, Baturina

CHELSEA

Out: N'Golo Kante (hamstring), Thiago Silva (rested)

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Arrizabalaga; Fofana, Chalobah, Koulibaly; James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Chilwell; Mount, Sterling; Havertz

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