Match Day LIVE
Match Day – Six
UEFA Champions League . League Phase Round of Matches .
Atalanta BC of Bergamo , Italy vs Chelsea FC .
Venue -New Balance Arena , Bergamo , Italy .
Date -Decmrber 9, 2025 ,
Time -8 pm.
With identical record s so far in this year’s .uefa Champions league , 2025/2026 in five match days Atlanta BC welcome s Chelsea of England in Tuesday night intriguing league phase contest in the New Balance Arena stadium in Bergamo , Italy .
Boasting 10 points apiece in the league phase contest out of 15 on offer , with the Blues sitting three places better off Atalanta BC , courtesy of a superior goal difference .
After their humiliation of the Spanish giants , Barcelona with three unreplied goals during their visit at Stamford Bridge , Chelsea carved their way through Blauguara flat footed backline to seal victory and got the much needed three pints ahead today’s contest .
Their efforts were adequately rewarded to seal victory with the Ronald Aruajo s red card offence as well as Barcelona s inept and incompentent defensive strategy , for the 3-0 win , Enzo Maresca men comfortably made it three wins from four champions league games so far to enhance their top eight credentials with their seventh position in the league phase , will automatically guarantee them a chance in the last 16 without a play off , though not guaranteed yet , the blues will head to Italy with high hopes and memories of Italian hostilities .
With a near comprehensive results against Serie A sides with three wins and clean sheets in their last meetings ,as well as the tearing of the Catalan giants to shreds at Stamford Bridge in the last campaign , the blues have had some rough patch in the domestic front , the Premeiship , gaining only two points from three matches . following the beating of Barcelona , with a miserable run of a 3-1 loss against Leeds at Elland Road and a forgettable goalless draw against AFC Bouremouth last weekend .
The Serie A side in a similar striking fashion have amassed 10 points from a possible 12 on offer in the champions league league phase , after an embarrassing defeat to champions league holders , PSG 5-1 in their opening campaign , though keeping three clean sheets on their way to this stage .
The Bergamo giants recently master minded a 3-0 rough riding of the Bundesliga power house , Einthract Frankfurt away from home as well as an uninspiring 1-0 win in Marseille and a forgetable goalless draw against Slavia Prague .
Sharing 10 points apiece with the Blues , the La gae have 50% fewer goals than Chelsea , do not have an automatic qualification to the last 16 yet as they occupy the 10th place but a win today against the Blues will catapult them to the coveted last eight position .
Comparatively , the blues have an upper hand in terms of being in form , with their domestic set back last weekend when their fall from grace to grass as their three game winning run in all competitions came to an end with a 3-1 loss to Hellas Verona last weekend .
Well known for their goal hungry approach to games , under their new Coach , Vian Pierro Gasperini , Atalanta’s dismal outing lately , see them occupy the 12th position in the Italian Serie A , but the champions league outing this season have given them a slight relief .
The visitor s injury list is still very high with so many of their key players still under going recovery , except Moises Caiceido who haf a red card in their last Premsiehip outing but will be available in today’s champions league cracker , as the suspension does not affect the champions league games , but players like Liam Delap who sustained a major injury in their last campaign against AFC Bouremoujth whihc ended in a draw at the Vitality Stadium , will not be available today , while , the English man joins Remeo Lavia , Levi Colewil , Darrio Essugo , Mykahlo Mudyk , are all on the absentee list for the visitors . While Recce James Wil be rested with the presence of Caiceido .
Marc Guiu who replaced Delap may be sidelined with the presence of Joan Pedro who is a more preferred attacking options for the blues . While Cole Palmer will also be on the dugout due to load management reasons .
La Dea , Atalanta seems to have an almost injury free squad at the moment with the exception of after their dismal outing last weekend against Hellas Verona , with the exception of Kamaldeen Sulenana and Mitchel Bakker will not be available for tonight’s hostilities .
Definitely with rhei last weekends horror show against Hellas Verona , the Coach will need to readjust and make some critical selection for the side to face Chelsea with a likely inclusion of Gianluca Scamacxa who scored the consolation goal against Verona displace regular striker , Nichola Kristiovic upfront .
Former Chelsea defender David ,Zappatta will.miss a reunion with his former employers, may be displaced and seat out in the dugout with the inclusion of Nikola Zeleswinski as an alternatve left back option.to adequately fortify the rear guard
Predictions .
Chelsea will be brimming with confidence and smiles as dey face the Bergamo side with the massive presence of star mercurial mod fielder , Moises Caiceido back to the team after his absence in their losses to Leeds las week.
Atalanta will extra effort to surmount a tactically superior engine room stoutly led by the Ecuadorian play maker in the midfield as well as a plentifull attacking options available on the dugout for the blues .
Pre+occupied with domestic problems ,due to series of losses after winning three matches back to back in all competitions , Atalanta will need an extra effort to over come Chelsea , though their domestic problems have had no effect in their champions League games , but their inconsistent as well as a suspect defence line , will have an uphill task against Chelsea attacking options despite their injury setbacks lately .
We expect a narrow win for the Blues at the end of hostilities this night in Bergamo..
Atalanta 1-2 or 1-1.
Happy Viewing and welcome back to the Uefa Champions league matches before the Christmas break in coming weeks.
Merry Christmas in Advance .
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