Our penultimate match in the “league phase” of our first, and hopefully only ever UEFA Conference League campaign sees us travel to the farthest reaches of what UEFA define as “Europe”, all the way to eastern regions of Kazakhstan,

Astana vs Chelsea - LIVE! Chelsea must quickly adapt to unusual circumstances as they take on Astana in the Conference League this afternoon. The Blues have made the eight-hour flight to Kazakhstan and will play in temperatures that are expected to drop below minus-ten degrees,

A long trip to Kazakhstan represents gruelling midweek business for Chelsea as they continue their Conference League campaign with a fixture against Astana.A strong start to the Premier League season under Enzo Maresca continued with a comeback win at Tottenham on Sunday to leave Chelsea second and trailing Liverpool,

Chelsea today travel to Kazakhstan to meet Astana in the Conference League. Such a long journey during the most intense part of the season is hardly welcome for Enzo Maresca, though the Blues boss does have the luxury of making wholesale changes to his squad.