Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Filipe Luis, Matic, Fabregas, Willian, Oscar, Hazard, Remy… Subs: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ake, Salah, Solanke, Drogba /// Maribor: Handanovic, Stojanovic, Rajcevic, Suler, Mejac, Viler, Mertelj, Filipovic, Bohar, Tavares, Ibraimi.

Mourinho dipped into the cliché manual to insist that Chelsea weren’t taking their opponents lightly.

Chelsea will be hoping to avoid a similar outcome to that of Manchester City, who blew it in Russia earlier this evening.

And here are the thoughts of Ante Simundza: "Our mentality is to win, to play offensively. Chelsea is the favourite not only for our group but also for the Champions League. Every team has strengths and weaknesses and Chelsea is no exception, but Chelsea have more strengths than weaknesses. We will try to find these weaknesses to achieve a positive result."

Jose Mourinho wasn’t best pleased at the Spain national team’s treatment of Diego Costa: "It hurts. You are not happy when you give players in good conditions and you receive the players in bad conditions. I had managers with a very open communication, some others they simply don't care. Year after year after year, I don't have one single SMS (text message) or one single phone call."

Chelsea, Schalke and Sporting must have been licking their lips when they were drawn with Maribor in Group G. But the little-known Slovenians have already caused a couple of surprises and are still unbeaten after two games. Are we in for another shock tonight?

Jose Mourinho makes three changes from the side that edged the 10 v 10 duel with Crystal Palace. Petr Cech, Kurt Zouma and Filipe Luis come in for Thibaut Courtois, Gary Cahill and Dave (Cesar Azpilicueta). Loic Remy continues in attack at the expense of Diego Costa.