The Blues will come into this clash in high spirits after securing a place in next season’s UCL

Real Betis and Chelsea will contest this season’s Europa Conference League final at the Tarczynski Arena in Poland on Wednesday night.

Chelsea were the bookmakers’ overwhelming favourites to win the competition before a ball was kicked and they are now just one win away from getting their hands on the trophy.

Enzo Maresca’s men have plotted their path to the final with minimum fuss, winning 11 of their 12 matches thus far.

The Blues will come into this clash in high spirits after securing a place in next season’s Champions League with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Sunday, in a game that brought up my City Ground Bet Builder.

As for Real Betis, they squeezed past Fiorentina at the semi-final stage with a 4-3 aggregate success as they took another step towards securing a maiden European trophy.

Irrespective of what happens on Wednesday night, Manuel Pellegrini’s men will be playing Europa League football next season after finishing 6th in this season’s La Liga standings.

Chelsea and Real Betis will do battle for the first time since crossing paths way back in 2006 in the now-defunct group stage of the Champions League. Both sides won their respective home games, each keeping a clean sheet in the process.

Real Betis will be unable to call upon the services of Chimy Avila, Diego Llorente, Hector Bellerin and Marc Roca, while there are also doubts surrounding Fran Vieites, Giovani Lo Celso and Youssouf Sabaly.

After serving a suspension on Sunday, the aforementioned Nicolas Jackson is expected to be restored to the Chelsea starting XI on Wednesday night, however Blues boss Maresca will be without injured defender Wesley Fofana.

Real Betis: Adrian; Ruibal, Bartra, Natan, Rodriguez; Cardoso, Fornals; Antony, Isco, Ezzalzouli; Bakambu.

Chelsea: Sanchez; James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson.