FC Basel manager Murat Yakin agrees that Chelsea should be firm favourites for Wednesday night's Champions League clash between the two sides.
The Swiss champions head to Stamford Bridge for their first group stage match of the 2013/14 season and Yakin is well aware that his club is not favoured to get past the Blues as he sets his sights on the other Group E opponents Schalke and Steaua Bucharest.
"We've got six games and of course we want to go through and of course we want to still be playing in international competition after the winter break," Yakin said.
"We've gained a lot of experience in the matches that we played last season and now we've got Schalke and (Steaua) Bucharest in this group. We'll be playing for second place with these two teams.
"Chelsea is the clear favourite, but we'll see after the first two games and then we'll have a benchmark where we can judge and see where we'll stand."
He added: "We know Chelsea is a great team, they have a lot of experience, but we have great confidence, we have great atmosphere in our team and we know that together we're very strong."
