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Krasnodar vs Chelsea Prediction & Betting tips
Chelsea shared points with Sevilla in the first game and travels to Russia to face FK Krasnodar, which also started the group with a draw.
FC Krasnodar:
FK Krasnodar will play the first home game in the Champions League in its history on Wednesday evening. The Russians had their baptism of fire at the very highest European level last week in Brittany, where Stade Rennes was held in a draw. The French had a field advantage for almost the entire match and took the lead in the 56th via a utilized penalty from Guirassy. Barely three minutes, the Ecuadorian defender Cristian Ramirez made the first CL goal in club history. After that, Rennes insisted and was given a few opportunities, but Artur Olenin’s team held out.
A result against Chelsea will be a little more difficult. Not only because it is a stronger team than Rennes, Krasnodar also has to contend with even greater personnel problems. Krasnodar may have to miss Ari, Wanderson, Remy Cabella, Petrov, Viktor Claesson, Dmitri Stotskiy, Kristoffer Olsson and Egor Sorokin. A number of them are suffering from injuries and a number are still waiting for the decisive negative corona test.
Chelsea:
Just like Manchester City and Manchester United, Chelsea also has a difficult start to the season. The overflowing playing calendar is partly to blame for this. On Wednesday evening, Chelsea will play its tenth game of the season, which is only six weeks old, and in the meantime most players have still played international matches. Frank Lampard’s team only managed to win one of its last six official games. The last three matches ended in a draw (in the league against Southampton and last weekend against Manchester United and in the Champions League against Sevilla)
In the Premier League, the Blues are ninth with ten points from six games.
Moreover, no goals were scored against Sevilla and Manchester United. The three million purchases Kai Havertz, Hakim Ziyech and Timo Wener clearly still need time to respond to each other. Ziyech will probably even start on the couch in favor of Mason Mount. Thiago Silva is also fit again and therefore a possible option to make his debut for Chelsea.