24 Oct 2018
Chelsea's Hazard out of Europa League tie with back injury

BSports coverage

How to follow:
Listen on BSports Radio 5 live and BSports local radio; text commentary on the BSports website

Chelsea forward Eden Hazard will miss Thursday's Europa League Group L home game with Belarusian champions BATE Borisov because of a back injury.

He is expected to return for Sunday's Premier League game at Burnley.

"Hazard is out for sure," said manager Maurizio Sarri. "He has a back problem. We are trying to solve the problem for Sunday."

The Belgian is the club's top scorer this season, with eight goals and three assists in 11 appearances.

Hazard was not in the squad for Chelsea's Europa League opener against Greek side PAOK Salonika on 20 September but came on as a second-half substitute in the 1-0 win over Hungarian champions MOL Vidi on 4 October.

Chelsea are top of Group L with two wins, while BATE are third with one victory.