It is clear that there will probably be rotations at Chelsea, but Enzo Maresca has a deep bench and can afford it. However, they should not underestimate the opponent, after eliminating Servette in the qualifiers with a 2-0 win at home and a 1-2 loss away. Chelsea, on the other hand, seems to be in good form already with four consecutive victories in all competitions. In their last 14 matches at Stamford Bridge, they have only one loss, which came from Manchester City.
Gent is definitely not to be underestimated, despite their outsider role here. For the fourth consecutive time, they are in the tournament, and so far they have always passed the group stage. To reach the groups now, they eliminated three teams, the last of which was Partizan with two 1-0 victories. Gent has only lost one of their last 9 matches in all competitions, and the loss was away to Cercle Brugge with 1-2.
Prediction: +2.5 AH for Gent, Madueke to scoreChelsea is unlikely to lose in this match, but Gent is not to be written off lightly and I think they are capable of not losing by more than two goals difference.
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