After a strong start to their league campaign, Chelsea are in ideal shape to begin the defence of their continental crown on Tuesday, as they host Zenit St Petersburg at Stamford Bridge.

They may have a pair of first-teamers absent for their Champions League return, though, and here, Sports Mole rounds up the latest team news in both camps.

CHELSEA vs. ZENIT ST PETERSBURG

CHELSEA

Out: Christian Pulisic (ankle), N'Golo Kante (ankle)
Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Mendy; Christensen, Silva, Rudiger; Azpilicueta, Kovacic, Jorginho, Alonso; Havertz, Lukaku, Mount

ZENIT ST PETERSBURG

Out: Magomed Ozdoyev (knee)
Doubtful: Dmitri Chistyakov (ankle)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Kritsyuk; Sutormin, Lovren, Rakitskiy, Santos; Erokhin, Kuzyaev, Claudinho, Malcom; Dzyuba, Azmoun

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	34	24	5	5	82	26	56	77
2	Manchester City Man City	33	23	7	3	80	32	48	76
3	Liverpool	34	22	8	4	75	34	41	74
4	Aston Villa	34	20	6	8	71	50	21	66
5	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	32	18	6	8	65	49	16	60
6	Manchester United Man Utd	33	16	5	12	51	50	1	53
7	Newcastle United Newcastle	33	15	5	13	69	54	15	50
8	West Ham United West Ham	34	13	9	12	54	63	-9	48
9	Chelsea	32	13	8	11	61	57	4	47
10	Bournemouth	34	12	9	13	49	60	-11	45
11	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	33	11	11	11	52	54	-2	44
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	34	12	7	15	46	54	-8	43
13	Fulham	34	12	6	16	50	54	-4	42
14	Crystal Palace	34	10	9	15	44	56	-12	39
15	Brentford	34	9	8	17	52	59	-7	35
16	Everton	34	11	8	15	36	48	-12	33
17	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	34	7	9	18	42	60	-18	26
18	Luton Town Luton	34	6	7	21	47	75	-28	25
19	Burnley	34	5	8	21	37	69	-32	23
20	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	34	3	7	24	33	92	-59	16