Line-ups, stats and preview for Blues’ ultimate pre-season tour match

Chelsea proceed their pre-season schedule on Sunday once they tackle Malaysian champions Johor Darul Ta’zim, lower than 24 hours after their 3-0 win AC Milan.

Xabi Alonso’s facet bounced again from defeats to Tottenham and Juventus with a formidable show towards the Italian outfit, the place Joao Pedro continued his excellent pre-season by taking his tally to 5 objectives with one other brace.

Regardless of the demanding turnaround, Alonso will view this fixture as one other precious alternative to evaluate his squad forward of the brand new marketing campaign. A heavily-rotated lineup is anticipated, with a number of fringe gamers hoping to impress earlier than Chelsea conclude their preparations towards Actual Sociedad subsequent weekend.

Johor Darul Ta’zim head into the competition in good spirits after an encouraging pre-season. The Malaysian Tremendous League champions drew 0-0 with Elche earlier than beating Spanish third-tier facet Cartagena 2-0.

Managed by former Watford and Sheffield Wednesday boss Xisco Munoz, Johor dominated home soccer final season, scoring an unimaginable 117 objectives in 24 league matches whereas conceding solely 10 and dropping factors simply as soon as.

Crew information for Chelsea vs Johor Darul Ta’zim

Chelsea are anticipated to make wholesale modifications following Saturday’s win over AC Milan, with Alonso prone to subject a wholly completely different beginning XI.

The Blues are wanting choices at full-back after Marco Palestra, Josh Acheampong and Jorrel Hato all performed important minutes towards Milan.

Aaron Anselmino might be deployed on the left, though Alonso might as an alternative go for a again three that includes Mamadou Sarr, Tosin Adarabioyo and Genesis Antwi Subolaye, with Jamie Gittens and Estevao working as wing-backs.

Gamers closely concerned on Saturday, together with Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, Moises Caicedo, Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro, are all anticipated to be rested.

Johor Darul Ta’zim may follow the facet that defeated Cartagena, with Oscar Arribas and Marcos Guilherme each pushing to maintain their locations after getting on the scoresheet in that victory.

Chelsea potential beginning lineup: Penders; Sarr, Adarabioyo, Subolaye; Gittens, Essugo, Nicoll-Jazuli, Estevao; Walsh, Satpaev; Delap

Johor Darul Ta’zim potential beginning lineup: Hazmi; Baharudin, Israfilov, Cristian; Pasero, Hidalgo, Fazail, Mendez, Corbin-Ong; Guilherme, Bergson

The best way to watch Chelsea vs Johor Darul Ta’zim

The pre-season pleasant takes place on Sunday, August 10. Kick-off time is at 13:00 BST, and broadcasts can doubtless be discovered by way of Chelsea’s web site.

The stats for Chelsea vs Johor Darul Ta’zim

• Chelsea have received one among their final 4 pre-season matches
• The Blues beat AC Milan 3-0 of their earlier outing
• Joao Pedro has scored 5 objectives throughout Chelsea’s pre-season tour
• Johor Darul Ta’zim are unbeaten in pre-season after a draw with Elche and victory over Cartagena
• The Malaysian champions scored 117 objectives in 24 league matches final season

Prediction for Chelsea vs Johor Darul Ta’zim

Chelsea’s squad rotation will hand alternatives to a number of younger gamers, however the Premier League facet ought to nonetheless possess an excessive amount of high quality for his or her Malaysian opponents.

Prediction: Chelsea 3-1 Johor Darul Ta’zim.

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