Paris Saint-Germain will make a late decision on the involvement of Blaise Matuidi and Marco Verratti ahead of the second leg of their Champions League knockout tie against Chelsea, but fear the Italian may be unable to start at Stamford Bridge.

Matuidi missed the French Cup victory at Saint-Etienne last week and the weekend draw with Montpellier in Ligue 1 with a thigh injury, and has made only two substitute appearances since playing his part in PSG’s 2-1 first-leg victory against the Premier League champions.

The France midfielder will travel to London with the rest of Laurent Blanc’s squad but, having had next to no involvement at Camp des Loges over the weekend, will undergo a fitness test at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening.

While there is confidence the 28-year-old will be passed fit to feature, the prognosis seems more doubtful for Verratti. The Italian has been sidelined with a groin injury of late having started only two games since mid-January, and has not featured since his substitution at the interval in the 4-1 win at Reims on 20 February.

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The Azzurri’s chief medic, Enrico Castellacci, visited the 23-year-old in Paris to check on his progress first-hand and, while the midfielder is eager to participate at Chelsea, the likelihood is that he will not be risked from the start.

Verratti, excellent in the first leg at Parc des Princes, is one of a trio of PSG players – alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Luiz – to be a caution away from a one-game suspension in European competition. While the Italian will also travel to England and undertake a test at Stamford Bridge, Adrien Rabiot is likely to start alongside Matuidi and Thiago Motta in midfield on Wednesday night. Lucas Moura will again be preferred in the front three in place of Edinson Cavani, whose goal separates the sides.

Chelsea do not anticipate John Terry returning from his hamstring injury in time for the fixture, and may well be without Pedro Rodríguez with his own thigh problem sustained in the recent win at Southampton.

Guus Hiddink is confident Diego Costa will have recovered from the slight tendon injury which kept him out of the draw with Stoke City on Saturday, though he may have to play Baba Rahman at left-back with doubts over Kenedy’s participation with a groin complaint.