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JAMES OLLEY

Ajax vs Chelsea lineups: The starting XIs we expect to see this evening in the Champions League

Chelsea will be without Ross Barkley, N'Golo Kante, Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger for their Champions League game at Ajax tonight.

Barkley suffered an ankle injury in Saturday's win over Newcastle and the England international was substituted shortly before half-time.

Kante sustained a groin injury while on international duty with France, but was still included on the bench for the second game of a double-header, much to the annoyance of Blues manager Frank Lampard.

Lampard expects to be without centre-back Christensen for around two weeks after he sustained a hamstring injury playing for Denmark.

Rudiger has returned to training following a groin problem but the game came too soon for the German defender and he did not travel with the squad.

Chelsea have recorded one win and one defeat from their opening two games in Group H and trail Wednesday's opponents by three points.

Predicted lineups

Ajax (4-2-3-1): Onana, Dest, Veltman, Blind, Tagliafico, Martinez, Alvarez, Ziyech, Van der Beek, Promes, Tadic

Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Willian, Mount, Abraham

Predict today’s result

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