Team News (via Sky Sports)
Chelsea: Christian Pulisic will miss this game with a minor hamstring injury. Thiago Silva will likely be rested for this game along with Kai Havertz.
Rennes: Rennes will miss Daniele Rugani and Eduardo Camavinga due to injury. However, Steven Nzonzi will be available after serving his European suspension.
Stats to know (via Opta)
- Chelsea and Rennes have never previously faced in any competition.
- Chelsea have lost just one of their nine home UEFA Champions League games against French sides (W5 D3), a 2-1 defeat against Paris SG in March 2016.
- Rennes have lost their two away European games in England - in August 2001, they were beaten 1-0 by Aston Villa in the Intertoto Cup and in March 2019 they lost 3-0 to Arsenal in the UEFA Europa League.
- Chelsea have only suffered one defeat in their previous 15 home games in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
- Chelsea are yet to concede a goal in the UEFA Champions League this season, while they last started a campaign with three consecutive clean sheets in the group stage in 2009-10, under Carlo Ancelotti.
Probable line-up
Chelsea XI: Mendy, Chilwell, Rudiger, Zouma, Azpilicueta, Kante, Mount, Kovacic, Hudson-Odoi, Werner, Ziyech
Score Predictions
Tribuna.com: Chelsea 2-0 Rennes
With Lampard likely to make a few changes for this game, it might be a bit closer than expected but we think Chelsea will come away with a narrow win. The defence seems to have picked up off late and another clean sheet could be on the cards.
Quotes from the manager (via Chelsea FC)
Frank Lampard: "Where we are in the group we are happy, but we can't get complacent. We must stay on top of ourselves. The clean sheets have been great. We always want to improve. We have seen some progression but it is a work in progress. We can't come off."
"It's always a big challenge for top clubs, there are a lot of demands. There are a lot of managers who are calling for more subs as the high demands can be real injury concerns. We have to go game by game. We have to get better and we have seen a nice uplift in the way we are playing."
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