Chelsea vs Djurgarden Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Chelsea have all but secured their place in the final of this season’s UEFA Europa Conference League as they now welcome Swedish Allsvenskan side to Stamford Bridge this midweek.
Kick-off date/time: Thursday 8th May, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm
How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+
Chelsea Preview: Finding form
In the first-leg of this UEFA Europa Conference League semi-final tie in Stockholm last week, Chelsea ran rampant as they defeated Djurgarden by four goals to one thanks to a Nicolas Jackson brace as well as goals from Noni Madueke and Jadon Sancho.
Enzo Maresca’s Blues have begun to find some form in the Premier League, too, as they seek a top five finish and potential UEFA Champions League qualification. They defeated champions Liverpool by three goals to one at the Bridge at the weekend.
Djurgarden Preview: A memorable campaign
Djurgarden have surpassed expectations by even reaching the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa Conference League this season, not least the semi-finals, and their domestic form, both in the 2024 and the start of the 2025 Allsvenskan seasons has been below par.
The visitors, since that hammering that they took at home last week albeit getting themselves a goal back via 18-year-old substitute Isaak Alemayehu, have since shared a 1-1 draw with rivals AIK at the 3Arena.
Chelsea Team News: Probable rotation
Maresca has heavily rotated his Chelsea side throughout the season in this competition and that is expected to once again be the case. They will be without France international Christopher Nkunku for a few weeks now due to injury.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Jorgensen; Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Gusto; Walsh, James; Neto, Dewsbury-Hall, Sancho; George
Unavailable: Fofana (Injured), Kellyman (Injured), Mudryk (Disciplinary), Nkunku (Injured), Guiu (Injured)
Questionable:
Djurgarden Team News: Lots of injuries
Djurgarden have no fresh suspension issues for this week’s trip to London but they do have several injury concerns as Oskar Fallenius is a doubt due to a foot injury, whilst the likes of Piotr Johansson and Rasmus Schuller remain confirmed absentees for the Swedes.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Rinne; Stahl, Une Larsson, Danielsson; Kosugi; Finndell, Stensson; Haarala, Gulliksen, Priske Flyger; Nguen
Unavailable: Johansson (Injured), Nilsson (Injured), Aslund (Injured), Schuller (Injured), Zugelj (Injured)
Questionable: Fallenius (Injured)
Key Stats
- Chelsea are aiming to reach their eighth UEFA competition final.
- If they win this competition, Chelsea would be the first club to win
all the five major UEFA European competition titles (European Cup/UEFA
Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA
Super Cup and UEFA Conference League). - Chelsea have won four of their last five UEFA competition semi-final
ties. - Chelsea are unbeaten in their previous nine UEFA competition matches
against Swedish teams (W6 D3). They have won the last five. - Chelsea have lost only one of their last 15 matches in UEFA
competition semi-finals (W6 D8). - Chelsea have lost only one of their previous 14 home matches in UEFA
competition semi-finals (W8 D5). - Chelsea have won ten of their previous 11 matches in the UEFA
Conference League competition proper this season, the exception being their
1-2 home defeat against Legia in the second leg of the quarter-finals. - Chelsea have lost only two of their last 25 home matches in all
competitions (W18 D5). - Djurgården are through to their first UEFA competition semi-final.
- Djurgården are first Swedish team to reach the semi-finals of a
major men’s UEFA competition since IFK Göteborg in the 1986/87 UEFA Cup.
Note: Örebro SK and Halmstads BK did reach the Intertoto Cup semi-finals in
1996 and 1997 respectively. - Djurgården have won eight of their last ten UEFA competition
two-legged ties. - Djurgården have won the second leg in their last four UEFA
competition two-legged ties. - This is Djurgården’s 18th UEFA competition match this season – the
most any Swedish team has played in a single season. - Djurgården have won ten matches in UEFA competition this season –
equalling their own Swedish record of wins in a single season which they
achieved in 2022/23. - Djurgården won the second leg by a three-goal margin in their
previous two ties in the knockout rounds of the 2024/25 UEFA Conference
League; 3-0 home vs Pafos (R16) and 4-1 away vs SK Rapid (QF).
Chelsea vs Djurgarden Prediction
Chelsea will likely rotate quite heavily in this one as they focus on the Premier League and after winning comfortably in the first-leg of their quarter-final against Legia Warsaw last month, they then suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Polish giants at home in the second-leg. The response from supporters was not a happy one and they will want to avoid any humiliations such as that but Djurgarden, as they did last week, will be confident of at least celebrating something in the English capital city.
Chelsea vs Djurgarden Tip: Chelsea to win & both teams to score
