The Blues will face Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday, September 10 at 12.30pm as originally planned but the game has been confirmed to be shown live on BT Sport.

Our clash with another west London neighbour, in this case Brentford, has been brought forward 24 hours and will now take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday, October 19. The game at the Brentford Community Stadium will be shown live on Amazon Prime.

Chelsea’s visit of Manchester United to Stamford Bridge, scheduled for Sunday, October 23 will now take place the day before on the Saturday due to our involvement in the Champions League the following Tuesday. A kick-off time is due to be announced soon.

Meanwhile, our UEFA Youth League fixtures have been confirmed as follows:

All kick-off times are UK time.
6 September

Dinamo Zagreb v Chelsea
Stadion Zagreb (12.30pm)

14 September Chelsea v Salzburg
Cobham (1pm)

5 October

Chelsea v AC Milan
Cobham (3pm)

11 October

AC Milan v Chelsea
Puma House of Football, Centro Sportivo Vismara (1.30pm)

25 October

Salzburg v Chelsea
Stadion Grodig (1.30pm)

2 NovemberChelsea v Dinamo Zagreb
Cobham (1pm)