Champions League holders Chelsea will be looking to win their final game in Group H and finish top of the group when they travel to Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday night.
The visitors head into this encounter off the back of a 3-2 defeat against West Ham United, while the hosts drew 2-2 at home to FC Rostov in the Russian top flight, and here, Sports Mole round up the team news for both clubs.
ZENIT ST PETERSBURG vs. CHELSEA
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ZENIT ST PETERSBURG
Out: Dmitri Chistyakov (suspended), Stanislav Kritsyuk (knee)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Kerzhakov; Barrios, Lovren, Rakitskyi; Karavaev, Kuzyaev, Wendel, Santos; Malcom, Dzyuba, Claudinho
CHELSEA
Out: Ben Chilwell (ACL), N'Golo Kante (knee), Trevor Chalobah (hamstring), Jorginho (hip), Mateo Kovacic (COVID-19)
Doubtful: Kai Havertz (ankle), Marcos Alonso (back)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Mendy; Christensen, Silva, Rudiger; Azpilicueta, Loftus-Cheek, Saul, James; Mount, Ziyech; Lukaku
Oliver Thomas
