It’s Chelsea’s first ever round of 16 match in the UEFA Conference League, in which we travel to Denmark’s capital to face the club carrying the city’s namesake, Copenhagen.

Unlike the group stage where head coach Enzo Maresca could afford sending out the “B-team” out to face opposition, in the knockout phase things get more serious. Especially on the back of Chelsea no longer finding good results as regularly as they did in the first half of the season.

FC Copenhagen starting XI:

Ramaj | Diks, Gabriel, Hatzidiakos, Claesson (c), Froholdt, Chiakha, Gocholeishvili, Meling, Achouri, Clem

Substitutes from: Trott, Garananga, Mattsson, Huescas, Lopez, Robert, Rúnarsson, Falk, Németh

Chelsea starting eleven (3-4-3?):

Sánchez | Chalobah, Tosin, Badiashile | James (c), Caicedo, Dewsbury-Hall, Gusto | Palmer, Mheuka, George

Substitutes from: Jorgensen, Bergstrom, Colwill, Acheampong, Cucurella, Amougou, Enzo, Sancho, Neto, Nkunku

Date / Time: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 17.45 GMT; 12:45pm EST; 11:15pm IST

Venue: Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (on pitch); Dragomir Draganov (VAR)

On TV: TNT Sports 4 (UK); none (USA); Sony TEN 5 (India); SuperSport MáXimo 3 (NGA); elsewhere

Streaming: discovery+ (UK); Paramount+ (USA); Sony LIV (India); DStv Now (NGA)

Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!