Chelsea will host Borussia Dortmund in a return leg of Champions League at Stanford Bridge this night as Potter’s side hope to overturned the first leg loose.
Chelsea suffered four successive Champions League last-16 exits between 2014-15 and 2019-20 before going all the way in the 2020-21 campaign,
but from their last seven Champions League knockout ties in which they have lost the first leg away from home, they have advanced from four of them.
The blues doctors are still working overtime on a number of players, with N’Golo Kante, Armando Broja, Edouard Mendy, Cesar Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva all expected to miss out, but Christian Pulisic will be in the squad and Reece James could yet be passed fit.
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The England defender has boosted the group after returning to training following his withdrawal from the 1-0 win over Leeds through a tight hamstring.
Meanwhile, Mason Mount is both injured and suspended for the second leg.
Benoit Badiashile, who excelled in the win on Saturday, will need to be replaced after not being selected for the UEFA squad list in early February.
Potter will likely pick a similar team to the one that ended a six-match winless run on Saturday.
That would leave Mykhailo Mudryk on the bench in favour of Raheem Sterling, Kai Havertz and Joao Felix.
Mateo Kovacic and Enzo Fernandez will likely continue in midfield while Ben Chilwell and Loftus-Cheek play at wing back.
Potter also confirmed the match “comes too soon” for N’Golo Kante despite being back in full training.
Chelsea Possible Lineup:
Kepa;
Chalobah, Koulibaly, W. Fofana;
James, Enzo, Kovacic, Chilwell;
Sterling, Havertz, Felix.
