Chelsea – Milan

The Italian champions are likely to lose their first clash with Chelsea in the group stage of the tournament

After the arrival of new management at Chelsea, Thomas Tuchel was apparently not immediately welcome. In this regard, after a series of initial setbacks, the club owners did not wait long and sacked the German specialist, appointing Graeme Potter to the post. That said, there is another version of Tuchel's departure from the team. The club spent 282 million euros in the off-season to reinforce the squad and demanded results on the pitch from the first fixtures. The Potter coaching staff had only two official matches to showcase the new game but surprised absolutely nothing. Despite this, bookmakers offered the Blues as favourites. The home side lost Tuchel after defeating the Croatian champions in Zagreb, but in their first meeting under the English coach they failed to beat the Austrian champions at home. In that match, in which they were considered favourites at a paltry 1.32 odds. After that draw, Chelsea's main players were away on their national teams, which distracted them from the intra-club problems. This factor has already played its part in the nature of Saturday's meeting between the London team and Crystal Palace, in which the Blues managed to pull out a victory in the 90th minute. The Italian champions have made a decent start to the season but Stefano Pioli's men rarely win away matches. After eight games in the Italian league, the Red and Black sit fourth, three points behind first place. Milan began their Champions League campaign with a 1-1 draw in Salzburg before beating Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 at the San Siro. The Italian club will come to their first date with Chelsea without many important players who have been out due to injuries: Hernandez, Mannan, Calabria, Salemakers, Origi and others. It would seem that Chelsea are now struggling to beat less skilled opponents as well. However, Potter's team has such high potential that if the game plays out, Milan will have little chance. Especially away and in the face of their own problems. Let's bet on the English club to win.