Thomas Tuchel makes five changes to the side that beat Aston Villa on Saturday as he brings Azpilicueta, Christensen, James, Jorginho and Mount into the team. Chalobah, Silva, Hudson-Odoi, Saul and Havertz all drop to the bench.
ZENIT SUBS: Artem Dzyuba, Mikhail Kerzhakov, Daniil Odoevskiy, Danila Khoutulev, Daniil Krugovoy, Aleksandr Erokhin, Andrey Mostovoy, Kirill Kravtsov.
ZENIT STARTING XI (4-1-4-1): Stanislav Kritsyuk; Aleksey Sutormin, Dmitriy Chistyakov, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Douglas Santos; Wilmar Barrios; Malcom, Wendel, Daler Kuzyaev, Claudinho; Sardar Azmoun.
CHELSEA SUBS: Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kai Havertz, Timo Werner, Saul Niguez, Ben Chilwell, Lucas Bergstrom, Trevoh Chalobah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ross Barkley, Thiago Silva, Malang Sarr, Kepa Arrizabalaga.
CHELSEA STARTING XI (3-4-2-1): Edouard Mendy; Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rudiger; Reece James, Mateo Kovacic, Jorginho, Marcos Alonso; Mason Mount, Hakim Ziyech; Romelu Lukaku.
Three months on from Chelsea lifting the Champions League trophy in Porto, their title defence campaign is underway. They’ve made an unbeaten start to their season; following up their UEFA Super Cup win with three wins and a draw in the Premier League and three clean sheets in that run. Zenit are also unbeaten so far, going eight games without a loss in all competitions (W6 D2). They currently sit top of the Russian Premier League but will be hoping that form can translate into this tournament after failing to win a game in the Champions League last year.
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