Chelsea extended their perfect record in the Conference League with a 3-1 over Astana in Kazakhstan, booking their place in the knockout stages. It was a youthful side named by Enzo Maresca, with the majority of his first-team squad spared the eight-hour flight and temperatures dropping below minus-ten degrees.

Chelsea travel to Kazakhstan in the Conference League to play Astana in a gruelling midweek trip.The Blues have taken a young squad with many highly-rated talents set for a debut in the freezing conditions of Almaty.

Chelsea all-but confirmed passage to the last 16 of the Conference League with a 3-1 win against Astana in Kazakhstan as Enzo Maresca handed full debuts to two academy graduates.