Chelsea are one of many favourites to win the Europa Convention League and are strongly favoured to emerge victorious at house to Gent on Thursday.
The competitors kicks off this week after a slight delay after the Champions League and Europa League had been showcased midweek over the previous fortnight.
Match Preview
Chelsea are on a run of 4 straight wins, having beat Bournemouth, West Ham and Brighton within the Premier League and Barrow within the League Cup.
In that run of wins, they’ve scored a powerful 13 objectives.
They beat Brighton 4-2 on the weekend, with the magnificent Cole Palmer scoring all 4 objectives.
Enzo Maresca made 11 adjustments to his beginning XÍ for the League Cup win towards Barrow and an analogous stage of rotation will occur right here.
The likes of Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto, Joao Felix and Mykhaylo Mudryk will all probably be given begins.
Palmer is not even included within the squad for the Convention League.
This is how Chelsea lined up towards Brighton.
Gent Latest Kind
After 9 matches within the Jupiler Professional League, Gent are in second 4 factors behind rivals Genk within the high spot.
They’ve gained three out of their final 5 video games, defeating Mechelen, Membership Brugge and Leuven however shedding towards Cercle Brugge and drawing towards Antwerp.
Gent Harm Information
Gent are lacking Sven Kums, Andrew Hjulsager and Aime Omgba.
One notable participant for the Belgian aspect is Andri Gudjohnsen, the son of former Chelsea legend Eidur Gudjohnsen.
Final Gent Lineup
This is how Gent lined up towards Leuven.
Chelsea – Participant To Watch
Christopher Nkunku has began simply considered one of Chelsea’s final six video games and that got here within the cup towards Barrow. In that one, he scored a hat-trick, and he’ll be searching for comparable numbers right here because the membership’s cup centre-forward of selection.
Gent – Participant To Watch
Winger Franck Surdez has a powerful 5 assists in seven begins within the Jupiler Professional League up to now.
Chelsea vs Gent – Prediction
Chelsea’s squad is so huge that even when Maresca makes 11 adjustments the standard nonetheless stays comparatively excessive, as we witnessed in he 5-0 win versus Barrow. Gent are clearly of a better commonplace, however they will not have sufficient to harm the Blues at Stamford Bridge.
Scoreline prediction – Chelsea 4-0 Gent
Chelsea vs Gent – Betting Ideas
Chelsea To Be Successful at Half-Time and Full-Time
– Chelsea have scored 13 objectives in 4 video games
Christopher Nkunku to Rating Two or Extra
– Nkunku scored a hat-trick in his final begin for Chelsea
