On the evening of 19:55 in Amsterdam, intriguing matches of the third UEFA Champions League round will take place.
In Group H, two attractive teams playing football, Amsterdam's "Ajax" and London's "Chelsea", will clash.
"Ajax" won both of their played matches, while "Chelsea" bounced back after a loss to Valencia with a draw against Lille. The "Blues" can no longer afford to make mistakes, so all three points are important in this match.
Here are the key facts of the match:
This will be the first ever European match between "Chelsea" and "Ajax". "The Blues" become the ninth English club to face "Ajax" team in a European tournament.
"Chelsea" has an unbeatable record against Dutch teams - two wins and two draws. In the 1999-00 Champions League season, the "aristocrats" defeated "Feyenoord" twice, and in 1968-69 also had two draws with AFC DWS.
The last time "Ajax" won three consecutive Champions League matches was in November 2005, when they beat Thun twice and Sparta Prague once. Back then, Danny Blind, now the father of Daley Blind who plays for the team, led the Amsterdam side.
After experiencing a defeat at "Camp Nou" stadium in 2018, "Chelsea" have not lost a single away match since - six wins and two draws. This is the most successful streak in Chelsea's history in European matches.
Quincy Promes could become the first player to score in the first three UEFA Champions League matches with "Ajax". He has already scored against Lille and Valencia.
Tammy Abraham, who scored in the match against Lille, became the first English player in the Chelsea club to score a goal in the Champions League since 2015. He follows the footsteps of Gary Cahill. Only three English footballers in this tournament have managed to score twice in a row - Frank Lampard, John Terry, and Dennis Wise.
In 18 European matches played at Eriksen ten Hag's side, "Ajax" has lost only twice - with 10 wins and six draws.
Historically, playing at home against London teams is not an easy task for the "Ajax" club - only one victory in five matches. Their only victory was achieved during the 1971-72 European Cup quarterfinals against "Arsenal".
The "Chelsea" club has very warm memories of the "Ajax" stadium - here they won the Europa League final in 2013 when Branislav Ivanovic scored a decisive goal in the final minutes.
In the last ten European matches, "The Aristocrats" have scored three or more goals in five of them.
