Time : 9:00pm
Stadium : Stanford Bridge
Team News & Tactics :
Round of 32, Leg 2 of 2
Aggregate 2 - 1
Win, loss, win, loss, win, loss. If the pattern holds, Chelsea should be winning this one. Chelsea “should” be winning this one regardless, of course, but nothing’s guaranteed these days especially these days.
Surely, a loss would be unthinkable, even if Chelsea were to advance (which we would, if we were to lose 1-0 tonight). The Blues hold a 2-1 advantage from the first leg in Sweden, and away goals in Europe still count the usual way. If Malmo win 2-1 tonight, we head into extra time and then penalty kicks if necessary.
A winner must be found, and it must be us. Here we go.
Chelsea starting lineup (4-3-3):
Caballero | Emerson, Christensen, Rudiger, Azpilicueta (c) | Barkley, Kovacic, Kante | Hudson-Odoi, Giroud, Willian
Substitutes from: Cumming, Jorginho, Higuain, Hazard, Loftus-Cheek, David Luiz, Ampadu
Malmo starting lineup (4-4-2):
Dahlin | Safari, Bengtsson, L.Nielsen, Vindheim | Rieks, Bachirou, Christiansen, Traustason | Rosenberg (c), Antonsson
Substitutes from: Melicharek, Larsson, Binaku, Lewicki, Strandberg, Ahmedhodzic, Gall
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