Comments and predictions for Legia Warsaw vs Chelsea: Away team wins hard

Latest Legia Warsaw vs Chelsea squad information

After an 11-game goalless streak, Cole Palmer was benched for the weekend, but coach Maresca insisted the decision was due to the tight schedule, not his form.

The Italian tactician seems to be prioritizing the Conference League, as not only Palmer, but also Nicolas Jackson, Marc Cucurella, Levi Colwill and Pedro Neto were rested from the start of the match against Brentford.

Wesley Fofana is out for the rest of the season through injury, while Romeo Lavia – although not fully fit – is not registered for the Conference League, so does not affect the team's personnel selection.

On Legia's side, coach Feio still fielded a strong lineup against Gornik last weekend, despite the club's biggest match in years ahead. Therefore, the starting lineup will likely be similar to that win.

Marc Gual and Bartosz Kapustka have been rested as a precaution and could still miss out through injury. The defence will be without Jan Ziolkowski and Artur Jedrzejczyk through suspension, but Steve Kapuadi is out and should return.

Luquinhas – who missed the return leg against Molde – returned and scored twice in Sunday's domestic win, so he is almost certain to start.

Legia Warsaw vs Chelsea latest expected lineup

Legia Warsaw:
Tobiasz; Wszolek, Pankov, Kapuadi, Ruben Vinagre; Elitim, Augustyniak, Kapustka; Chodyna, Luquinhas, Morishita

Chelsea:
Jorgensen; Gusto, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; James, Caicedo, Enzo; Palmer, Jackson, Neto

Latest football commentary Legia Warsaw vs Chelsea

After finishing the group stage with a perfect record, Chelsea continued their form by beating Copenhagen in both legs of the Europa Conference League round of 16 last month.

Enzo Maresca's team are facing a great opportunity to advance, because if they pass the quarter-finals, they will avoid opponents from the top 5 European leagues until the final.

Chelsea will face either Djurgardens or Rapid Vienna in the semi-finals – which explains why the Londoners are favourites to win the title in Wroclaw next month – a city just a stone's throw from their next fixture, Warsaw.

Chelsea are aiming to become the first team to win all three UEFA club competitions, having also won the Cup Winners' Cup previously.

However, Chelsea’s current form is causing concern. In their last five games, they have scored just three goals, all of which were 1-0 wins, alongside a 0-1 defeat and a 0-0 draw with Brentford last weekend – a match in which their attack lacked sharpness.

Chelsea are still looking for their first away win in the Premier League in 2025. In their last 10 away games, their only win came against Copenhagen – which could bode well for the upcoming game.

Legia will not be easily beaten, though. Goncalo Feio’s side have lost just one home game since mid-September – and that defeat came in the Conference League against Lugano in the group stage.

Legia won all four of their opening group games and were joint top of the table with Chelsea, but lost their final two games and just barely made it into the top eight, thus avoiding the play-offs.

Entering 2025, Legia's form was somewhat erratic, but after a win over Jagiellona Bialystok in the National Cup, they continued to overcome Molde after extra time to book a ticket to the quarter-finals of the Conference League.

The preparation for this match could not be more perfect as they have just crushed Ruch Chorzow 5-0 to reach the final of the Polish Cup, then won 2-1 at Gornik Zabrze last weekend to strengthen their hopes of qualifying for next season's European Cup.

Chelsea will need to be wary of Legia's attacking threat. Despite finishing fifth in the Polish top flight, they are the top scorers in the league with 50 goals. In addition to their win over Ruch, they have destroyed the likes of TSC, Dinamo Minsk and Omonia Nicosia in the group stages, showing their versatility and efficiency in scoring goals.

Latest Legia Warsaw vs Chelsea score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Legia Warsaw vs Chelseaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Legia Warsaw 0-1 Chelsea

• WhoScore:Legia Warsaw 1-2 Chelsea
• Our newspaper predicts:Legia Warsaw 1-2 Chelsea

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