FC Astana vs Chelsea Prediction & Betting Tips (12 December)

Not really concerned by the peloton of favorites, Astana may on the other hand have ambitions to participate in a possible qualifying play-off. For the simple reason that each home match is hell for the visitors who travel a very long way, with the fatigue of repeated matches accumulating, the Kazakh club can clearly do well to take important points. The proof, against Guimaraes on the previous day, the locals took a 1-1 point and beat TSC Backa Topola on the very first day 1-0. In the ranking, they are 23rd. As a reminder, the domestic championship closed its doors very recently and Astana had to bow down to Kairat Almaty by a small point. On the other hand, he got through his nerves in the League Cup by winning the final on November 23 against Zhenis 0-2 after extra time.

The path seems royal for Chelsea in this competition. Aside from Fiorentina, two outgoing finalists in the competition who could annoy the Blues, we wonder who will beat them whether in this league phase or even in the final phase. For the moment it's a four out of four for Christopher Nkunku's partners who have just beaten Heidenheim 0-2, in the wake of their big victory against Noah 8-0, against Panathinaikos 1-4, and against La Gantoise first of all 4-2. In the league, everything is also going well for the Londoners, runners-up to the irresistible Liverpool team. They were able to achieve a 4th consecutive victory in all competitions last weekend at Tottenham. 

The major elements of the squad will be present and operational for this gala match. We are obviously talking about the Guinean international Camara (4 goals in the league this season), the Croatian Tomasov (6 goals), the Albanian midfielder Gripshi (6 goals), and the Nigerian Geoffrey (7 goals in the league). The Italian U21 international Casadei is only used for the Conference League but the latter will miss this poster following his exclusion against Heidenheim during J4.

Not registered by the club for the competition, Cole Palmer, and Lavia will remain in London while the eternally injured Reece James is still on the sidelines as are Kellyman, rookie Neto and Wesley Fofana. Joao Félix (4 goals in C4), Nkunku (5 goals in C4), and Mudryk (3 goals, 3 PD in C4) will be present.