The defending champions of Europe make the travels to Lille on Wednesday night in the second leg of the Champions League Last-16 tie.
Thomas Tuchel’s west Londoners clinched an important 2-0 win in the first leg and would hope to do the job this time around to secure a quarter-final berth.
Let us now have a look at how Thomas Tuchel might set up his Chelsea side against LOSC Lille –
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Edouard Mendy will get the nod ahead of Kepa to start between the sticks for Chelsea with Thomas Tuchel expected to return to his usual three-man backline.
Antonio Rudiger will be joined by Andreas Christensen and Thiago Silva with the latter pushing for a recall after being benched for the win over Newcastle United.
In the centre of the park, N’Golo Kante is tipped to partner Mateo Kovacic with Jorginho set to give way for the Croatian midfielder’s return to the starting team sheet.
The in-form German Kai Havertz is poised to lead the line with the likes of Mason Mount and Timo Werner joining him in the attacking ranks.
