The French club, Rennes will face Frank Lampard’s Chelsea at the Stade de la Route de Lorient stadium in the Champions League Group group stage match tomorrow. It will be Chelsea’s away game and coach Lampard will want to retain the group leader position by taking three points.
On the other hand, The Ligue 1 club will try to turn things around and it will be difficult for them to beat this strong and confident Chelsea who are on a winning streak in the Premier League. The Blues has been undefeated since the last Tottenham defeat in the Carabao Cup in tie-breakers.
WHEN & WHERE?
Date: Tuesday 24th November
Time: 05:55 pm GMT
Venue: Stade de la Route de Lorient
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Chelsea is currently sitting in the Group with seven points and keeping the Tottenham match in mind, Lampard can rotate his players to keep them fresh for the high voltage match.
Amongst the absentees in Rennes, Daniele De Rugani and Faitout Maouassa are the two names who will be unable to feature due to injuries. Also, Dalbert Henrique will be out due to his suspension.
Chelsea on the other hand will get the services of Kai Havertz who is well ready to play again after returning from Covid-19 recently. Pulsic is recovering from the injury in his hamstring and he will be absent in the match whereas Billy Gilmour is out as well. Both Thiago silva and Havertz missed the Newcastle match which the Blues won 2-0 but they are prepared to feature in the UCL. Olivier Giroud, Callum Hudson Odoi and Jorginho can get some minutes to play as well.
