Chelsea vs AC Milan official team news

The official Chelsea website and The 5th Stand app will bring you the confirmed lineups for the match as soon as they are announced, one hour before kick-off.

In the meantime, you can see the starting lineups for both teams’ most recent matches and their full squads below.

Chelsea (4-2-2-2): Kepa; James, Fofana, Thiago Silva, Chilwell; Jorginho (c), Kovacic; Mount, Havertz; Sterling, Aubameyang

AC Milan (4-2-3-1): Tatarusanu; Calabria (c), Kjaer, Tomori, Ballo-Toure; Bennacer, Tonali; Saelemaekers, De Ketelaere, Leao; Giroud

Chelsea squad

Head coach: Graham Potter

1 – Kepa Arrizabalaga
5 – Jorginho
6 – Thiago Silva
7 – N'Golo Kante
8 – Mateo Kovacic
9 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
10 – Christian Pulisic
12 – Ruben Loftus-Cheek
13 – Marcus Bettinelli
14 – Trevoh Chalobah
16 – Edouard Mendy
17 – Raheem Sterling
18 – Armando Broja
19 – Mason Mount
20 – Denis Zakaria
21 – Ben Chilwell
22 – Hakim Ziyech
23 – Conor Gallagher
24 – Reece James
26 – Kalidou Koulibaly
28 – Cesar Azpilicueta
29 – Kai Havertz
30 – Carney Chukwuemeka
32 – Marc Cucurella
33 – Wesley Fofana

AC Milan squad

Head coach: Stefano Pioli

1 – Ciprian Tatarusanu
2 – Davide Calabria
4 – Ismael Bennacer
5 – Fode Ballo-Toure
7 – Yacine Adli
8 – Sandro Tonali
9 – Olivier Giroud
10 – Brahim Diaz
11 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic
12 – Ante Rebic
14 – Tiemoue Bakayoko
16 – Mike Maignan
17 – Rafael Leao
19 – Theo Hernandez
20 – Pierre Kalulu
21 – Sergino Dest
22 – Marko Lazetic
23 – Fikayo Tomori
24 – Simon Kjaer
25 – Alessandro Florenzi
27 – Divock Origi
28 – Malick Thiaw
30 – Junior Messias
32 – Tommaso Pobega
33 – Rade Krunic
40 – Aster Vranckx
46 – Mattia Gabbia
56 – Alexis Saelemaekers
83 – Antonio Mirante
90 – Charles De Ketelaere

Chelsea vs AC Milan stats

Chelsea form: LWLDW

Premier League – Crystal Palace 1-2 Chelsea
Champions League – Chelsea 1-1 Red Bull Salzburg
Champions League – Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Chelsea
Premier League – Chelsea 2-1 West Ham United
Premier League – Southampton 2-1 Chelsea

AC Milan form: DWWLW

Serie A – Empoli 1-3 AC Milan
Serie A – AC Milan 1-2 Napoli
Champions League – AC Milan 3-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Serie A – Sampdoria 1-2 AC Milan
Champions League – Red Bull Salzburg 1-1 AC Milan

Chelsea vs AC Milan in the Champions League

Played: 2
Won: 0
Lost: 0
Drawn: 2
Scored: 1
Conceded: 1

Previous Champions League meetings

AC Milan 1-1 Chelsea – 26 October 1999
Chelsea 0-0 AC Milan – 15 September 1999

Chelsea vs AC Milan injury updates

Graham Potter reported on the day before the game that trained with the team the past few days and is in the squad.

felt a little bit of discomfort in his abdominal area against Crystal Palace but was training on Tuesday. A decision on his involvement depends on how he reacts to that training.

trained after a slight problem.

is upping his training so is getting closer to a return.

AC Milan will be without long-term absentees Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alessandro Florenzi, neither of whom are expected to play again this year following surgery. Goalkeeper Mike Maignan is also unlikely to be involved after suffering a calf injury on international duty and there are further doubts over defender Theo Hernandez, winger Alexis Saelemaekers and striker Divock Origi.

Chelsea vs AC Milan kick off time, location

Home fixture: Chelsea vs AC Milan

• Date: 5 October 2022

• Kick off time: 8pm

• Location: Stamford Bridge

Chelsea vs AC Milan referee

The referee for this game will be Danny Makkellie, with assistants Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries, alongside fourth official Allard Lindhout. The VAR official will be Dennis Higler, assisted by Paulus van Boekel.

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