Atalanta v Chelsea: Line-ups, stats and preview

Atalanta v Chelsea preview

Chelsea are looking to maintain their strong start to the Champions League season in a potentially tricky game at Atalanta.

Enzo Maresca’s side have not won their last four away games in the competition and took one point from two Premier League matches last week, following up a 3-1 defeat at Leeds United with a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth.

This is the first meeting between the teams, while the Italian side have only won one of their previous seven games against English sides in the Champions League.

Their three-game winning run across all competitions came to an end in a shock 3-1 Serie A defeat at Verona on Saturday.

Atalanta v Chelsea team news

Atalanta are stilll without forward Kamaldeen Sulemana and the versatile Mitchel Bakker, but former Chelsea player Davide Zappacosta is available.

Midfielders Yunus Musah and Marten de Roon must avoid cautions or sit out the home game against Arsenal on January 20.

Chelsea have left Cole Palmer at home as he continues his return to fitness, and forward Liam Delap is out with a shoulder injury.

Defender Levi Colwill and midfielder Romea Lavia are long-term absentees. Andrey Santos will be suspended for the visit of Pafos on January 21 if the midfielder is booked.

Atalanta v Chelsea expected line-ups

Atalanta: Carnesecchi; Kossounou, Hien, Djimsiti; Bellanova, Ederson, Pasalic, Zalewski; De Ketelaere, Lookman; Scamacca 

Chelsea: Sanchez; Gusto, Acheampong, Chalobah, Hato; Caicedo, Santos; Estevao, Fernandez, Neto; Pedro

How to watch Atalanta v Chelsea: TV channel, online live stream

Kick-off on Tuesday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate and the Discovery Plus app.

TNT Sports costs £29.99 a month through Discovery Plus, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.

Atalanta v Chelsea stats

• Atalanta have kept eight clean sheets in their 15 UEFA Champions League games since the start of last season. Among teams to have played in both campaigns, only Internazionale (55% – 11/20) have a higher clean sheet rate than Atalanta (53%).
• This will be Chelsea’s first away game against an Italian opponent since October 2022, in a 2-0 victory away to Milan. Prior to that game, the Blues had only won one of their first 10 matches away to Italian sides in the UEFA Champions League (D3 L6): 4-0 v Lazio in November 2003.
• Only Man City (91.5%) and PSG (91.2%) have a higher passing accuracy than Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League this season, with the Blues’ 89.3% their highest on record (since 2003-04) in a single campaign in the competition.

Atalanta v Chelsea prediction

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