Chelsea vs Benfica: Champions League preview, team news, kick-off time & how to watch

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·29 de septiembre de 2025

Chelsea vs Benfica: Champions League preview, team news, kick-off time & how to watch

Chelsea host Jose Mourinho's Benfica in the Champions League as they eye their first win of the campaign.

Enzo Maresca's Blues suffered defeat in matchday one of the Champions League. A tricky away visit to Bayern Munich resulted in a 3-1 defeat earlier this month.

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Chelsea return to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday for the first time in the competition since their quarter-final exit against Real Madrid in 2022-23, but come up against a familiar figure - Mourinho.

Mourinho was recently appointed by Benfica and is relishing a return to a place he calls home. But once the tie gets underway, his eyes are focused on just one thing: beating Chelsea.

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Following defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday, pressure is growing on Chelsea and Maresca, who will be keen to get back to winning ways to secure a vital win over the Portuguese side.

However, Chelsea will be without several key players, including Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana, Cole Palmer and Liam Delap, due to injury.

Maresca has confirmed Moises Caicedo, Andrey Santos and Joao Pedro are potential doubts and will be assessed over their conditions.

The Chelsea head coach is not feeling the pressure ahead of Mourinho's return. On Monday, he told reporters: "We make sure or we try at least to prepare every game to win the game and hopefully we can do that tomorrow."