Chelsea maintained their perfect record in the Conference League with a hard earned 2-0 victory at Germany's Heidenheim on Thursday, with former Bundesliga players Christopher Nkunku and Jadon Sancho playing a key role.

The team news is in from the Voith-Arena ahead of Chelsea's Conference League clash against 1. FC Heidenheim on Thursday evening.

Heidenheim take on Chelsea on Thursday, Nov. 28, at the Voith-Arena, with kickoff set for an 6:45 p.m. CET start local time in Germany, which is a 5:45 p.m. start in the UK, a 12:45 p.m. ET or 9:45 a.m. PT kickoff in the US and Canada, and an 4:45 a.m. AEDT start in Australia on Friday morning.

Chelsea close in on Conference League last-16 win victory over Heidenheim - Christopher Nkunku and Mykhailo Mudryk scored the goals.

The Blues are in Germany tonight looking to continue their fine Conference League campaign, taking on a team who could not be more different in stature. While Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca is just in his sixth month at the helm, Heidenheim boss Frank Schmidt has been in the role since 2007, a remarkable 17 years.

Chelsea travels to Germany to face Heidenheim looking to continue its perfect record in the UEFA Conference League.

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Welcome to match number four of six in the UEFA Conference League-league, which pits two of the six teams that have won all three of their games so far. Chelsea are still the strong favorites for this one of course, but it’s an historic occasion for Heidenheim and they will be hoping to make it a “magical night”.

Chelsea academy defender Josh Acheampong trained with the first-team squad this morning (Wednesday) — a sign that his exile from competitive action could be over. As The Athletic exclusively revealed last month,