Champions League: Chelsea meets Barca

The Chelsea vs. Barca match will take place at 3 AM on November 26th in the Champions League classification round.

Chelsea are in good form in the Premier League, but in the 2025/26 Champions League they had a very difficult match to earn a point against Azerbaijani side Qarabag in the fourth round, with Alejandro Garnacho shining to secure a 2-2 draw for the FIFA Club World Cup champions. Meanwhile, Barcelona are in devastating form in La Liga.

Ahead of their clash with Barca at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea had won all three of their most recent Premier League matches without conceding a goal and climbed to second place in the table after a 2-0 victory over Burnley on Saturday. This could be seen as a morale boost for the Blues as they face a formidable opponent with a long history of rivalry.

In La Liga, Barca secured a convincing 4-0 victory against Bilbao last weekend. Not only did they score a string of goals as usual, but Barca also kept a clean sheet for the first time in 11 matches.

Currently, both Chelsea and Barca are in good form in their respective domestic leagues, making this encounter unpredictable, although Chelsea's Champions League performance has been more inconsistent than that of the Camp Nou team.

However, facing a Chelsea team that has been playing very impressively recently, Hansi Flick's team will certainly face many difficulties.

Current personnel information for both sides indicates that: For the home team, Romeo Lavia, Cole Palmer, Dario Essugo, and Levi Colwill are the Chelsea players absent from this match. However, Reece James and Wesley Fofana are fit to play.

Barcelona will be without Pedri, Gavi, and Marc-Andre ter Stegen due to injury. Marcus Rashford and Raphinha's availability is still uncertain.

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