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UCL: Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea Match Preview, Team News, Line-up and Prediction

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February 23, 2021

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UCL: Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea Match Preview, Team News, Line-up and Prediction

Atletico Madrid and Chelsea meet again in the Champions League game tonight as both managers have released their side 23-man squad with the expected lineups.

Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea head to head

Chelsea and Atletico have played each other on seven previous occasions (six Champions League and one Super Cup) with each team winning twice.

previous meetings

2009/10 Champions League group stage
Home W 4-0
Away D 2-2

2012/13 Super Cup
Monaco L 1-4

2013/14 Champions League semi-final
Away D 0-0
Home L 1-3

2017/18 Champions League group stage
Away W 2-1
Home D 1-1

Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea is scheduled to kicks off at 21:00pm on Tuesday, 23 February 21 in Bucharest.

Spanish government restrictions have resulted in the first leg of this round of 16 tie taking place in Bucharest and not Madrid. It will be our third visit to the National Arena in the Romanian capital, having played Steaua twice there in 2013. Kick-off is at 8pm UK time tomorrow.

Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea Lineup

We shall take a look at how Simeone and Tuchel will lineups their side in the Champions League game tonight.

Thomas Tuchel has released Chelsea 23-man squad to face Madrid tonight as Christian Pulisic and Kai Havertz fully joined the team but Thiago Silva miss out due to injury.

Kepa Arrizabalaga
Antonio Rudiger
Marcos Alonso
Andreas Christensen
Jorginho
N’Golo Kante
Tammy Abraham
Christian Pulisic
Timo Werner
Willy Caballero
Kurt Zouma
Edouard Mendy
Mateo Kovacic
Olivier Giroud
Mason Mount
Callum Hudson-Odoi
Ben Chilwell
Hakim Ziyech
Billy Gilmour
Reece James
Cesar Azpilicueta
Kai Havertz
Emerson Palmieri