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29-05-2019 | 18:28 Football
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Europa League final: Chelsea V Arsenal. The Blues predicted line-up

Photo/ChelseaFC Premier League rivals Chelsea and Arsenal face off in the 2019 Europa League final at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan on Wednesday evening. The winners of the Europa League automatically qualify for next season’s Champions League. They will also claim more than £7 million in prize money and a share of the television money depending on how many teams for their country have featured in the competition. Chelsea have already qualified for next season’s Champions League, as they finished third in the Premier League, while Unai Emery’s side need to lift the trophy in Baku in order to book a place among Europe’s elite next season. The Blues have their own incentives for winning the competition. That is because the winners of both the Europa League and Champions League will earn a place in Pot 1. Chelsea have suffered a huge blow ahead of their trip to Baku with the news that N'Golo Kante suffered an injury setback in training, which is expected to rule him out of Wednesday's match. That puts more pressure on the likes of Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Ross Barkley to remain fit, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek already confirmed out because of an Achilles injury sustained in a Stateside friendly shortly after the Premier League season finished. Defender Antonio Rudiger and forward Callum Hudson-Odoi are Chelsea's other two confirmed absentees, with neither travelling to Azerbaijan. Here is how Chelsea could line-up against Arsenal.

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