Slavia Prague vs Chelsea LIVE
Europa League 2018-19
Quarter-final, first leg
Venue: Sinobo Stadium
Date: Thursday, 11 April, 2019
Kick-off: 8pm GMT, tonight
Chelsea travel to Czech Republic as they look to take a step towards reaching the Europa League semi-final against Slavia Prague.
The Blues are scrapping for a top four finish alongside Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City but success in this competition could still be there best route back into the Champions League next season.
Maurizio Sarri’s side have scored 25 times in this competition this season – conceding just three – with Olivier Giroud spearheading their run to the final with nine goals.
But having knocked out the competition’s most successful side in Sevilla in the previous round – Slavia Prague are out to cause another upset.
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Chelsea team news and line-ups
Slavia Prague XI: Kolar; Coufal, Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Deli, Boril; Traore, Kral; Masopust, Sevcik, Stoch; Olayinka
Subs: Kovar, Zmrhal, Husbauer, van Buren, Kudela, Skoda, Frydrych
Chelsea XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, Alonso; Barkley, Jorginho, Kovacic; Pedro, Giroud, Willian
Subs: Caballero, Kante, Higuaín, Hazard, Loftus-Cheek, Zappacosta, David Luiz
Score prediction: Slavia Prague 0-2 Chelsea
The Blues have turned in superb performances away to Malmo and Dynamo Kiev since escaping their group – another one should be on the cards this week.
TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
The match will be televised live on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport 4K UHD. BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
You can also follow all the action on Standard Sport's LIVE blog.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
This will be the first competitive meeting between these two sides.
