Chelsea’s young guns will test their run of form at one of the homes of youth development on Wednesday as they attempt to stop an Ajax team on course to replicate last season’s thrilling Champions League run.
The Blues are on a five-match winning streak in all-competitions after beating Newcastle United 1-0 at the weekend but come up against the Group H leaders in Amsterdam
Ajax are averaging over three goals a game at home and abroad and are hungry for European success after semifinal heartache last season.
Fikayo Tomori, Ross Barkley, Mason Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Tammy Abraham all started Saturday’s win at Stamford Bridge, the first time since 2013 five English players made the London club’s starting XI.
They are second on three points in Group H after a wobbly opening two games in the Champions League, with a pair of matches coming up against on-fire Ajax that could decide their European destiny.
UEFA Champions League Results
Atletico Madrid 1 -0 Bayer Leverkusen
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 2 Dinamo Zagreb
Club Brugge 0-5 PSG
Galatasaray 0-1 Real Madrid
Juventus 2-1 Lokomotiv Moscow
Man City 5-1 Atalanta
Olympiakos FC 2-3 Bayern
Tottenham 5-0 Crvena Zvezda