Confirmed Line-ups: Kovacic Starts In RB Salzburg v Chelsea
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Here are tonight’s confirmed XIs to face off on matchday 5 of Group E in the UEFA Champions League.
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Chelsea face RB Salzburg away in Austria tonight in the UEFA Champions league with the hopes of securing a spot in the Round of 16, which will re-start in the new year.
The last time these two sides met, Stamford Bridge saw a stalemate as, Noah Okafor’s late equaliser cancelled out Raheem Sterling’s opener with Graham Potter’s first ever Chelsea game ending 1-1.
The Blues remain unbeaten under the new management but after sharing the spoils in the Premier League with Manchester United on the weekend and Brentford before that, they will surely be gearing up for an essential three points this evening.
Reece James remains sidelined, as well as Wesley Fofana and Kalidou Koulibaly but Marc Cucurella has recovered from tonsilitis and starts for Chelsea at the Red Bull Arena.
RB Salzburg Starting XI
Philipp Kohn
Amar Dedic, Bernardo, Strahinja Pavlociv, Maximilian Wober
Lucas Gourna-Douath
Luka Sucic, Nicolas Seiwald, Maurits Kjaergaard
Junior Adamu, Noah Okafor
Substitutes: Nico Mantl (GK), Alexander Walke (GK), Ignace Van Der Brempt, Kamil Piatkowski, Samson Baidoo, Dijon Kameri, Andreas Ulmer, Roko Simic, Youba Diarra, Benjamin Sesko
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Christian Pulisic, Kai Havertz, Raheem Sterling
Conor Gallagher, Mateo Kovacic, Jorginho
Marc Cucurella, Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva
Kepa Arrizabalaga
Substitutes: Marcus Bettinelli (GK), Edouard Mendy (GK), Armando Broja, Denis Zakaria, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mason Mount, Ben Chilwell, Hakim Ziyech, Cesar Azpilicueta, Carney Chukwuemeka
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