Overview
- Neto missed Tuesday’s training session before the squad departed for Azerbaijan and will not feature in the fourth league-phase game.
- Maresca hopes to have Cole Palmer and Benoit Badiashile available after the international break, with Barcelona due at Stamford Bridge on 25 November.
- Dario Essugo is targeting a return around December or January following thigh surgery.
- Defender Levi Colwill remains in the early stages of recovery from a serious knee injury.
- Chelsea seek a third straight Champions League win after beating Ajax and Benfica, sitting outside the automatic qualifying places on goal difference following an opening loss to Bayern Munich.