Overview
- Kick-off is 20:00 GMT at the Gewiss/New Balance Arena, with live coverage on TNT Sports 2 and streaming via Discovery+ in the UK.
- Both clubs sit on 10 points from five games in the league phase, so a victory would strongly bolster automatic qualification to the last 16 in their first competitive meeting.
- Chelsea thrashed Barcelona 3-0 in their last Champions League outing but are winless in their last three Premier League matches and in their last four Champions League away games.
- Atalanta are 12th in Serie A after a 3-1 loss to Hellas Verona at the weekend, yet they have been defensively robust in Europe with multiple recent clean sheets.
- Chelsea striker Liam Delap is out with a shoulder injury, while Atalanta remain without Kamaldeen Sulemana and Mitchel Bakker, and Gianluca Scamacca is expected to start up front.