On Wednesday, Chelsea play their second match in Group E of the Champions League when they make the trip to Russia to play FK Krasnodar.
It will be the first time the two sides have met in European competition with FK Krasnodar only making their second appearance in the Champions League, courtesy of finishing third in the Russian League last season.
The game, at the Krasnodar Stadium, kicks off slightly earlier then we are accustomed to, at 17:55 UK time.
But what do we know about our opponents?
Full Name – Football Club Krasnodar
Nickname – Byki (The Bulls), The Black-Greens
Founded – 22-February-2008
Ground – Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar
Ground Capacity – 35,074
Owner / Chairman – Sergey Galitsky
Manager – Murad Musayev
In their first game of Group E, Krasnodar earned a respectable 1-1 draw away to Rennes.
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FK Krasnodar v Chelsea (Champions League)
FK Krasnodar to Win!
Chelsea to Win!
A Draw!
Up the Chels!
4-2-3-1
Mendy
James. Thiago Silva. Zouma. B.Chillwell
Kante. Jorginho
Ziyech. Werner. Pulisic
3-0 (Chelsea win)
Start…
Odoi Abraham ziyech
Kovacic Mount Kante
Emerson zouma tomori James
Mendy
In a 433. Morphing into 4231.
Pls wee need to rest havertz and werner….
If possible, Havertz shouldn’t travel…
4132-formation. MENDY;James,Silva,Rudiger,Chilwell;Kante;Ziyech,Havertz,Pulisic; Werner,Giroud.
4132-formation. MENDY;James,Silva,Rudiger,Chilwell;Kante;Ziyech,Havertz,Pulisic; Werner,Giroud.(6-0)Chelsea win
HAVERTZ &PULISIC INCLUDED.
Comment:The same thing he played against man u
yeah the same line up like we played against man u l support you
Commen
Mendy
james. zouma. thiago. ben
kovacic. kante
. mount
havertz. p
Commen
Mendy
james. zouma. thiago. ben
kovacic. kante
. mount
havertz. pulisic
. …….. . werner
A good away performance… 3 points and a clean sheet…
But if kransnodar had a bit more quality, they would have punished Chelsea…
If Chelsea don’t sort that midfield in the transfer window, this team will go no where.
I know we are still building… But we need a serious look at that midfield…
We should be building towards Liverpool like… Not city like.
United are building towards Liverpool like….
Though they are ahead of us in the rebuild.
But we should not over look the importance of tough, functional midfield.
Kovacic and jorginho? No European top team with ambition will have that.