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This is a Chelsea predicted lineup as we make the difficult attempt to pick eleven out of the bloated pre-season squad with the Blues also playing 24 hours in an entirely different country. The team have used a huge number of players in pre-season with the bench named against Juventus featuring over 20 players, with 12 substitutes in total being made. The difficulty here is deciding who will likely miss the Johor outing entirely, as playing twice in 24 hours just doesn’t seem feasible. Read More: Chelsea Confirmed Lineup vs Juventus for August 5 Chelsea Predicted Lineup & Team News vs AC Milan in Indonesia Travelling Squad Based on the matchday squad for the previous friendly. The goalkeeper contingent is currently made up of Rob Sanchez, Mike Penders, Ted Curd, and Teddy Sharman-Lowe. Curd has yet to see any minutes. The back line is stocked with Josh Acheampong, Levi Colwill, Calvin Diakite, Mamadou Sarr, Aaron Anselmino, Wes Fofana, Tayo Subuloye, Marco Palestra, and Jorrel Hato. Read More: 5 Lessons Learned from Chelsea Pre-Season Tour So Far In midfield, Moises Caicedo made a slightly surprising return against Juventus and is an option for the pivot with Dario Essugo, Romeo Lavia, Madhi Nicoll-Jazuli, and Reggie Walsh. The huge amount of attacking options include Reggie Watson, Danny Welbeck, Mykhailo Mudryk, Pedro Neto, Geovany Quenda, Jamie Gittens, Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, Omari Kellyman, Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro, Liam Delap, Estevao, Omari Kellyman, Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, and Dastan Satpayev. Chelsea Tactics The team have set up in a 4-2-3-1 so far in pre-season with a marauding full-back working in tandem with a winger and the pivot being pretty adaptable. In possession, they become something akin to a 3-2-4-1 but the centre-backs are given license to be a bit more risky. Chelsea Predicted Lineup vs AC Milan in Pre-Season Friendly Logic dictates that the strongest eleven and squad players will play here with some of the rotation options being left to play against Johor to avoid causing injury to any of the big names so the lineup could be. Read More: Jordan Henderson Sends Message to Chelsea Fans After Signing - GK – Rob Sanchez - LB – Jorrel Hato - CB – Levi Colwill - CB – Wes Fofana - RB – Marco Palestra - DM – Moises Caicedo - DM – Romeo Lacia - W – Pedro Neto - AM – Cole Palmer - W – Estevao - ST – Joao Pedro Featured Image Credit IMAGO / Sportimage