Chelsea travel to Atalanta this evening looking to further increase their chances of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stage.
The Blues are flying high after a fantastic 3-0 win over Barcelona last time out and sit comfortably in the top eight in the table.
Atalanta are performing just as well, level on points with the Premier League side and looking to move ahead of them heading into the final two matches.
101GreatGoals.com has full Atalanta vs Chelsea team news, plus details on how to watch the action live.
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Atalanta starting XI against Chelsea
Atalanta starting eleven: Carnesecchi, Kossounou, Djimsiti, Kolasinac, Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Bernasconi, De Ketelaere, Scamacca, Lookman
Atalanta substitutes: Sportiello, Hien, Musah, Pašalić, Samardžić, Scalvini, Brescianini, Zalewski, Ahanor, Maldini, Zappacosta, Krstović
Chelsea starting XI against Atalanta
Chelsea make five changes from the team that drew 0-0 at Bournemouth.
Josh Acheampong, Jamie Gittens, Moises Caicedo, Joao Pedro and Benoit Badiashile enter Enzo Maresca’s starting XI.
Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana, Cole Palmer, Alejandro Garnacho and Liam Delap drop out. Palmer and Delap are missing the team entirely, with the latter expected to stay out for several weeks due to a shoulder injury.
Chelsea starting XI: Sanchez, Chalobah, Acheampong, Badiashile, Cucurella, Caicedo, James, Neto, Enzo, Gittens, Pedro
Chelsea substitutes: Jorgensen, Merrick, Gusto, Fofana, Hato, Tosin, Andrey Santos, Buonanotte, Estevao, Garnacho, George, Guiu
How to watch Atalanta vs Chelsea: TV channel, live stream online
Kick-off on Tuesday will be at 8:00 p.m. GMT (3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is provided on TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate and the Discovery Plus app.
TNT Sports costs £29.99 per month through Discovery Plus, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a huge range of devices including smart TVs and games consoles.
Atalanta vs Chelsea stats
- Atalanta have kept eight clean sheets in their 15 UEFA Champions League matches since the start of last season. Among the teams having played both campaigns, only Internazionale (55% – 11/20) have a higher clean sheet rate than Atalanta (53%).
- This will be Chelsea’s first away match against an Italian opponent since October 2022, in a 2-0 win over Milan. Before this match, the Blues had won only one of their first 10 matches against Italian teams in the UEFA Champions League (D3 L6): 4-0 against Lazio in November 2003.
- Only Man City (91.5%) and PSG (91.2%) have higher passing accuracy than Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League this season, with the Blues achieving 89.3%, their highest ever (since 2003-04) in a single campaign in the competition.
Champions League schedule this week
All matches will kick off at 20:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Tuesday December 9
Kairat Almaty 0-1 Olympiacos (3:30 p.m.)
Bayern Munich vs. Sporting CP (5:45 p.m.)
Atalanta vs Chelsea
Barcelona vs Frankfurt
Inter vs Liverpool
Monaco vs. Galatasaray
PSV Eindhoven vs. Altetico Madrid
Tottenham vs Slavia Prague
Union St.Gilloise vs Marseille
Wednesday December 10
Qarabag vs Ajax (5:45 p.m.)
Villarreal vs FC Copenhagen (5:45 p.m.)
Athletic Club against PSG
Bayer Leverkusen vs Newcastle
Benfica vs Napoli
Borussia Dortmund vs. Bodo/Glimt
Club Brugge vs Arsenal
Juventus vs Paphos FC
Real Madrid vs. Manchester City
