Key events
Feel the length of that table. Both of these teams are on track to reach the last 16 without a play-off as we turn for home.
Jacob Steinberg is our man in Baku. Here’s his scene-setter.
Preamble
Baku stages another matinee for the European Champions League with Chelsea the latest to travel thousands of miles to Kazakhstan’s other city. Qarabag are no mugs, as they proved in winning their opening two matches, beating Benfica and FC Copenhagen. Chelsea are in decent form, their legs should not be weighing too heavy after Saturday evening’s defeat of Tottenham. Still, it’s been a quick turnaround, and so expect some Enzo Maresca tinkering in Azerbaijan.
It’s a battle of 13th v 15th. Join me.
