Chelsea vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv – Match Preview and team news

Chelsea are under immense pressure to turn things around after an abysmal start to the defence of their Premier League title, as their European campaign begins at home to Maccabi Tel-Aviv on Wednesday evening.

On paper, it is clearly a game that the Blues should win, but nothing appears easy at present for a side which looked unflappable for so much of last season. Indeed, it was only in this competition where they showed any signs of nerves, succumbing to the 10 men of Paris St. Germain in a tumultuous last 16 encounter, a result which really leaves Chelsea with a point to prove in Europe this time around.

This match does perhaps offer the beleaguered outfit from West London a welcome distraction from their domestic struggles, as matters reached a new low on Saturday at Everton, where th...