Chelsea will be out for nothing but revenge when they close their Champions League group stage campaign against Dinamo Zagreb.
The Blues are already through into the knockout rounds as group winners, with their sole defeat coming to the Croatian side in the reverse fixture in what proved to be Thomas Tuchel's final game in charge.
Potter is bidding to go unbeaten in his first five Champions League games
Chelsea will look to put that right on matchday six and return to winning ways following a first defeat under new manager Graham Potter last time out.
The west Londoners fell to a humbling 4-1 loss to Potter's former club Brighton and several of the club's fringe players will be hoping to impress with the World Cup just weeks away.
Chelsea v Dinamo Zagreb: talkSPORT coverage
This Champions League clash will take place on Wednesday, November 2.
talkSPORT will have live coverage of the game at Stamford Bridge, with kick-off scheduled to take place at 8pm.
Adrian Durham will be your presenter from the Etihad where Manchester City take on Sevilla.
Commentary from London however will come from Ian Danter and former Chelsea defender Scott Minto.
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Chelsea were stunned by Zagreb in Croatia
Chelsea v Dinamo Zagreb: Team news
The hosts will be without long-term absentees Reece James and N'Golo Kante while Mateo Kovacic won't be risked due to a calf issue.
Wesley Fofana is still weeks away from returning, while Edouard Mendy will reclaim the No.1 spot in Kepa Arrizabalaga's absence.
Chelsea have received a boost by the news that Kalidou Koulibaly is back, while Denis Zakaria could be in line to finally make his debut.
Zagreb, meanwhile, will be without Josip Sutalo and Bosko Sutalo through injury.
Chelsea's attacking players have struggled to get to grips with Potter's system
Chelsea v Dinamo Zagreb: What has been said?
Chelsea boss Potter was asked whether this weekend's showdown with London rivals Arsenal will affect his team selection tomorrow.
He said: "I think we have to have respect for the competition and respect for the teams. We have to prepare to win.
"We want to respond from the disappointment at the weekend. We'll pick a team that we think can win."
Chelsea v Dinamo Zagreb: Match facts
- Mason Mount has been directly involved in more shots than any other Chelsea player in the UEFA Champions League this term (21 – 10 shots, 11 chances created). The only other player for an English club who has had 10+ shots and created 10+ chances this term is Manchester City's Jack Grealish.
- Mislav Orsic has scored two of Dinamo Zagreb's three goals in the UEFA Champions League this season, with one of those being winning goal in this season's reverse fixture against Chelsea – a 1-0 victory in what proved to be Thomas Tuchel's last game in charge of the Blues.
- Since the start of last season, no team have scored more goals following a build-up sequence than Chelsea (7) in the UEFA Champions League. These are defined as open play sequences that feature 10+ passes and end in a goal.
- Chelsea's eight goals in the UEFA Champions League this term have been scored by seven different players, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the only one of those to net more than once (2). Only Napoli (11), Inter and Bayern (both eight) have had more different scorers than the Blues in the competition this term.
- Chelsea are unbeaten in their four UEFA Champions League games since Graham Potter took charge, winning each of the last three (D1). The last Chelsea boss to go unbeaten in his first five games in the competition was Roberto Di Matteo in 2011-12, with the Blues going on to lift the trophy that season.
- Dinamo Zagreb's last away win in the UEFA Champions League dates back to November 1998, when they won 1-0 at Ajax. Since then, the Croatian side have played 20 away games in the competition without winning, with 17 of those ending in defeat (D3).
- Chelsea haven't lost a UEFA Champions League home game in the group stage since September 2019 (0-1 v Valencia under Frank Lampard), winning six and drawing four of the 10 such games since then. The Blues have scored 23 goals across this run of 10 matches, at an average of 2.3 per game.
- Chelsea's 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb on MD1 of this season's UEFA Champions League was their last game under Thomas Tuchel. Only one team has ever beaten Chelsea home and away in a Champions League group stage campaign, with Basel doing so in 2013-14.
- This will be just the fourth time a Croatian side has played away from home against an English opponent in the UEFA Champions League. Each of the previous three were by Dinamo Zagreb (D1 L2): 0-0 v Manchester United in September 1999, 0-3 v Arsenal in November 2015 and 0-2 v Manchester City in October 2019.
- Chelsea's only previous meeting with a Croatian side was against Dinamo Zagreb earlier in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage, with the Blues losing 0-1 away from home.
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