CHELSEA continue their pre-season preparations against Spanish champions Real Madrid at the Bank of America Stadium in North Carolina on Wednesday.

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Chelsea vs Real Madrid preview

Chelsea are back in action against Champions League winners Real Madrid in the penultimate clash of their US pre-season tour.

And they have plenty of questions to answer following their 4-2 defeat to Manchester City.

Enzo Maresca’s error-prone side gifted their opponents two goals in the opening five minutes with lethal forward Erling Haaland gratefully accepting both.

The Norwegian completed his hat-trick in the second half when capitalising on an error from Malo Gusto.

Raheem Sterling did get himself on the scoresheet before Noni Madueke netted in the dying stages after a raft of changes for Pep Guardiola’s side.

Maresca admitted that mistakes were inevitable as his squad adapt to his playing style, but they’ll need to act sharpish with their opener against Manchester City less than two weeks away on August 18.

Real Madrid have lost both of their pre-season openers – including a 2-1 defeat to arch-rivals Barcelona.

But there are no concerns for Carlo Ancelotti, who is still without the likes of Jude Bellingham, Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy, Aurelien Tchouameni, Kylian Mbappe and Eduardo Camavinga.

Chelsea vs Real Madrid odds

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Chelsea vs Real Madrid betting tips and predictions

Goals

There’s clearly been some teething problems at Chelsea under new manager Enzo Maresca. The Blues conceded four goals in each of their defeats to Celtic and Manchester City, and were somewhat fortunate to secure a 2-2 draw with League One Wrexham. There’s been no lack of entertainment with a combined 18 goals scored in those four outings – and that should continue against Real Madrid on Wednesday.

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