Welcome to matchday five of six, the most silliest yet of this UEFA Conference League “league phase”, which sees us having traveled all the way to eastern Kazakhstan to take on Astana.
Enzo Maresca barely brought along a team’s worth of senior professionals, so we have plenty of kids in the starting lineup, and even more on the bench. Could be fun!
Here we go.
**Astana starting XI:**
Seisen | Bartolec, Kalaica, Kažukolovas, Vorogovskiy, Ebonh, Charles, Tomasoc (C), Marochkin, Camara, Amanović
_Substitutes from: Zarutskiy, Čondrić, Bystrov, Kuat, Ahanonu, Beisebekov, Osei, Astanov, Basmanov, Gripshi, Karimov, Zhaksylyk_
**Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):**
Jörgensen | Veiga, Tosin, Disasi (c), Acheampong | Dewsbury-Hall, Rak-Sakyi | Neto, Chukwuemeka, George | Guiu
_Substitutes from: Bergström, Merrick, Dyer, Olise, Murray-Campbell, Wilson, Vale, Ampah, Mheuka_
**Date / Time:** Thursday, December 12, 2024, 15.30 GMT; 10:30am EST; 9pm IST
**Venue:** Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan
**Referee:** Sven Jablonski (on pitch); Pascal Müller (VAR)
**On TV:** TNT Sports 2 (UK); _none_ (USA); Sony TEN 2 (India); SuperSport MaXimo 1 (NGA); [**elsewhere**](https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/5043075/astana-vs-chelsea/)
**Streaming:** discovery+ (UK); Paramount+ (USA); Sony LIV (India); DStv Now (NGA)
Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!