LIVE: Chelsea vs Zenit

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.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Champions League Group H meeting between Chelsea and Zenit at Stamford Bridge! 

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