Overview
- Kick-off is 5:45pm UK at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, with live coverage on TNT Sports and streaming on Discovery+/the TNT Sports app.
- Chelsea aim for a third straight European win after victories over Benfica and Ajax following an opening defeat to Bayern Munich.
- Both teams sit on six points from three matches, shaping their qualification positioning in the league phase.
- Chelsea are without Dario Essugo and Levi Colwill through injury, with Mykhaylo Mudryk suspended; Joao Pedro is available after a European ban and Liam Delap returns to the squad.
- Qarabag’s long-serving coach Gurban Gurbanov leads a sub-£22m squad into a sold-out crowd of around 32,000, with the visitors facing a long trip and a four-hour time difference.