One of the major selection decisions for Felipe Scolari ahead of tonight's game will be how to deploy strikers Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba.

The availability of the experienced pair together has been a rare luxury for the Chelsea manager. The visit to Bordeaux is only the 10th time both have been in the squad and on several of those occasions, Drogba was lacking full match fitness.

With tonight's match coming midway through a three-game domestic ban for the Ivorian, Scolari must decide whether he starts ahead of topscorer Anelka, one of the two plays out wide or the standard team formation is altered to accommodate both in a central role.

Following the 0-0 draw against Newcastle and Chelsea's low return away in Europe this season (one goal from two games), that might be an option considered seriously but whatever the decision, Anelka is happy to obey orders.

'I can play on my own, I can play with Didier. It is not up to me, it is up to the manager. You can ask him,' was Anelka's response when questioned on the subject after arriving in France.

'I expect a very difficult match. It is going to be totally different than the match at Stamford Bridge. Bordeaux have two wins since then so it will be an extremely tight game.'

Indeed Scolari was asked about the striker selection subject and replied:

'It's not a problem for Anelka. The problem for Anelka is to play. It is not for the players to like this option or that option. I need to like it.'

Just one of Anelka's 13 goals this season has come in the Champions League, that his 90th minute follow-up after Juliano Belletti had scored against Bordeaux at the Bridge.

Last season, five sub appearances in the competition didn't produce a goal but over the course of his career he has nine goals in 39 Champions League games and 17 from 63 in all European competition combined.

'Maybe it needs a little bit of luck,' he suggests on the difference between his domestic and European scoring rate for Chelsea.

'When I think about scoring, the most important for me is to win the game with Chelsea first and if I score it is better - but first we have to win.'

For a French national, Anelka has spent only a small percentage of his professional career in his homeland. His junior years were at Paris St-Germain and he returned there for 18 months between Real Madrid and his loan at Liverpool.

That reduces the significance of playing in a Ligue 1 stadium tonight.

'It is just like another team and I will try to do my best on the pitch,' Anelka says.

'Bordeaux is a good team but I don't fear them. The only thing I really fear is losing. We come into the match extremely confident.'

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