Boasting a 3-1 lead from the first leg at Stamford Bridge, Real Madrid will be aiming to dump the defending champions out of the Champions League when Chelsea visit the Santiago Bernabeu for Tuesday's second leg.

Karim Benzema's hat-trick saw Los Blancos take a healthy advantage back to base, although Kai Havertz has kept the tie alive for Chelsea, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.

REAL MADRID vs. CHELSEA

REAL MADRID

Out: Eder Militao (suspended), Eden Hazard (leg), Isco (back), Jesus Vallejo (COVID-19)

Doubtful: Luka Jovic (ankle)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Courtois; Carvajal, Nacho, Alaba, Mendy; Kroos, Casemiro, Modric; Asensio, Benzema, Vinicius Jr

CHELSEA

Out: Ben Chilwell (ACL), Callum Hudson-Odoi (Achilles), Romelu Lukaku (Achilles), Ross Barkley (illness)

Doubtful: Cesar Azpilicueta (COVID-19)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Mendy; Christensen, Silva, Rudiger; James, Kovacic, Kante, Alonso; Ziyech, Mount; Havertz

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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