Chelsea and Lille will clash on Tuesday the 22nd of February at 8:00 pm in the th week of the Champions League. The match will be staged in London at the Stamford Bridge. The referee will be Jesús Gil Manzano.
Chelsea sits in the 2nd position in the table with 13 points. It comes from a 3-3 draw against Zenit in its last match in the Champions League. As of now, it has won 4 times, drawn once, and lost once.
Lille occupies the 1st position in the league with 11 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against VfL Wolfsburg in its last match in the Champions League. To date, it has won 3 times, drawn twice, and lost once.
Lille won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 29th of September against Salzburg and the score was 2-1.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 83.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (5 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Lille with the following players: E. Mendy, T. da Silva, A. Rüdiger, A. Christensen, M. Alonso Mendoza, N. Kanté, J. Frello Filho, K. Havertz, H. Ziyech and R. Lukaku Menama.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Chelsea would be 29.80.
There are doubts about the presence of C. Azpilicueta Tanco.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ M. Mount and C. Hudson-Odoi because of injury.
B. Chilwell and R. James will definitely miss the match.
Lille
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (6 times).
Jocelyn Gourvennec is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: L. Jardim, G. Gudmundsson, S. Botman, J. da Rocha Fonte, M. Çelik, J. Bamba, B. André, T. Weah, B. Yılmaz and J. David.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Lille would be 27.50.
Jocelyn Gourvennec will probably not be able to employ A. Gomes because of injury.