Date: Thursday 24th October, 2024
Time: 5:45 pm
Stadium Athens Olympic Stadium
Referee Antonio Nobre (Portugal)
Goal Scorer:
Team News
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos will have to cope without captain Fotis Ioannidis (adductor) injury, while Dimitris Limnios, Zeca and Tonny Vilhena are all ineligible as they have all been left out of the club's Conference League squad.
Andraz Sporar is doubtful after missing last weekend's win against OFI due to illness, so Alexander Jeremejeff could lead the line, with former Manchester United winger Facundo Pellistri, Anastasios Bakasetas and Filip Duricic providing support in attack.
Polish goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski is expected to start between the sticks and could be protected by a back four of Giannis Kotsiras, Tin Jedvaj, Sverrir Ingi Ingason and Filip Mladenovic, while Adam Gnezda Cerin could be joined in centre-midfield by Nemanja Maksimovic, Willian Arao or Azzedine Ounahi.
Panathinaikos possible starting lineup:
Dragowski; Kotsiras, Jedvaj, Ingason, Mladenovic; Maksimovic, Cerin; Pellistri, Bakasetas, Duricic; Jeremejeff
Chelsea
As for Chelsea, Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana will not be involved as they have all been left out of the club's squad for the Conference League, while goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen is hoping to recover from a head injury in time to feature on Thursday and will be assessed ahead of kickoff.
Maresca is set to manage the minutes of captain Reece James, who started against Liverpool for the first time this season after a lengthy spell out injured. Either Axel Disasi or Malo Gusto could start at right-back in place of the Englishman.
Pedro Neto and Christopher Nkunku were both on the scoresheet in Chelsea's win over Gent and they could both return to the starting lineup on Thursday, with Joao Felix and Mykhaylo Mudryk also in contention to play in attack, while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Cesare Casadei will be pushing to start in midfield.
Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Jorgensen; Disasi, Tosin, Badiashile, Veiga; Casadei, Dewsbury-Hall; Neto, Felix, Mudryk; Nkunku
Prediction: Panathinaikos 1-3 Chelsea
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