Kungiyar Chelsea ta Ingila zata yi tafiyar nesa zuwa Kazakhstan don haduwa da Astana a gasar UEFA Conference League ranar Alhamis, 12 ga Disamba. Wasan zai gudana a filin Sportivnyy Kompleks Kaznu dake Almaty, inda Astana ke buga wasanninsu na gida saboda filin su na Kazakhstani babban birni ya Kasakhstan yake a cikin gyarawa.
Chelsea, karkashin koci Enzo Maresca, suna shiga gasar tare da nasarar kowane wasa huÉ—u da suka buga a matakin rukuni, suna samun maki 18. Suna da himma sosai bayan nasarar su ta 4-3 a kan Tottenham Hotspur a karawar da suka yi a ranar Lahadi, wanda ya rage tsakaninsu da shugaban Premier League, Liverpool, zuwa maki huÉ—u.
Astana, a karkashin koci Grigori Babayan, suna da tsananin nasara a gida, suna da nasara a wasanninsu 13 na gida a dukkan gasa. Amma sun yi rashin nasara a wasanninsu uku na karshe a gasar Turai. Nigerian striker Geoffrey Chinedu, wanda ya zura kwallaye 12 a wasanni 18 tun daga ya koma kungiyar a bazara, zai zama daya daga cikin ‘yan wasan da za a kallon.
Chelsea za ta yi sauyi mai yawa a cikin kungiyarsu, suna kawo ‘yan wasan matasa daga akademi su. Filip Jorgensen zai buga a matsayin mai tsaran golan, yayin da Josh Acheampong zai fara wasansa na kwararru a matsayin baya na dama. Axel Disasi, Tosin Adarabioyo, da Renato Veiga za ta kasance a tsakiyar baya, yayin da Samuel Rak-Sakyi da Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall za ta buga a tsakiyar filin wasa.
Astana ba su da wata barazana saboda rauni, amma Chelsea suna da Reece James da Wesley Fofana wadanda ba zai iya bugawa saboda rauni. Mykhaylo Mudryk ya yi fama da cutar, yayin da Cesare Casadei ya samu hukuncin kore saboda an kore shi a wasan da suka buga da Heidenheim.