Chelsea have it all to do as they host Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie, trailing the reigning European champions 2-0 after the first leg.
It's been a rotten start to life as Blues interim boss for Frank Lampard, who has lost all three games sop far of his second spell in charge at Stamford Bridge – and things aren't likely to get any easier as Real roll into town.
Carlo Ancelotti's side may have all but surrendered their La Liga crown to Barcelona this season, but they remain a formidable force Champions League force – as they showed on their last visit to England, obliterating Liverpool 5-2 at Anfield in the last 16.
Real beat Chelsea 5-4 on aggregate at this stage of the competition last term; given the current respective form of the two teams, one would be surprised if it's that close this time around.
Kick-off is at 8pm BST.
Team news
Chelsea remain without the injured Kalidou Koulibaly and Carney Chukwuemeka – in addition to Armando Broja, who is out for the season. Ben Chilwell serves a one-game ban following his red card in the first leg.
As for Real, they have just the one confirmed injury asbentee: left-back Ferland Mendy.
Form
Chelsea's 2-1 Premier League defeat at home to Brighton on Saturday saw Lampard become the club's first manager in 62 years to lose their first three games in charge. For the second time this season, the Blues are on a run of six matches without a victory in all competitions; they've not gone winless in seven since 1995.
Real, on the other hand, head to Stamford Bridge having won four of their last five outings in league and cup – scoring 14 goals in those four victories and keeping a clean sheet on each occasion. Only fellow quarter-finalists Manchester City and Napoli (25) have notched more goals in the 2022/23 Champions League than Los Blancos' 23.
Referee
Daniele Orsato of Italy will be the referee for Chelsea vs Real Madrid.
Stadium
Chelsea vs Real Madrid will be played at 40,341-capacity Stamford Bridge in London.
In the US, kick-off time is 3pm ET / 12pm PT. The match will be shown onParamount+ in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Champions League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a Champions League fixture, then you won't be able to watch on your domestic streaming service as usual. The broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!) and blocks you from watching it. You can use a VPN to get around that, though, without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there.For the Champions League, FourFourTwo currently recommends:
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for the Premier League and Opta Analyst, among others. He supports Wycombe Wanderers and has a soft spot for Wealdstone. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open...
