The Blues welcome the Swiss side to Stamford Bridge for the opening of a two-legged tie that will determine if they will play European football this season.
And Sterling - who has three years left to run on his current Chelsea contract - will play no part.
Defenders Ben Chilwell, Tosin Adarabioyo and Wesley Fofana were also not included on Chelsea’s A-list submitted to Uefa.
A number of Prem side are interested in Rennes left-back Adrien Truffert.
According to L’Equipe there is a number of teams from the Premier League are keen on the 22-year-old, including Man Utd, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Wolves. Paris Saint-Germain are also mentioned.
Truffert is a graduate of the French sides academy that produced Eduardo Camavinga, Ousmane Dembele, Mathys Tel, Sylvain Wiltord and Mikael Silvestre among others.
Aston Villa are among the clubs monitoring Liverpool defender Joe Gomez after his opening day snub, according to talkSPORT.
Villa boss Unai Emery is looking to bolster his backline before next Friday’s transfer deadline and versatile Liverpool centre-back/full-back Gomez is among the list of options.
Any move is likely to depend on the future of Villa centre-back Diego Carlos, who is wanted by Fulham.
Liverpool are closing in on a deal to sign Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili which would see him stay on loan at the Spanish club before joining Anfield next summer, according to Fabrizio Romano.
It is claimed the two clubs are in talks over a package worth more than £25.6million, with the add-ons structure to be agreed.
The deal is reportedly advancing to the final stages and would see the Georgia international stay on loan at Valencia this season.