Qarabag vs Chelsea FC LIVE: Champions League match stream, latest score and goal updates

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Qarabag vs Chelsea LIVE: Champions League match stream, latest score and goal updates

Blues out to extend winning run in Europe

Qarabag vs Chelsea LIVE

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Qarabag vs Chelsea LIVE!

Chelsea travel to Azerbaijan to take on Qarabag on matchday four of the Champions League. The Blues have two wins from their first three games on the continent this term, having beaten Benfica and Ajax in their two home matches. They were defeated 3-1 by Bayern Munich in their opening fixture at the Allianz Arena. The west Londoners are 13th in the table heading into this encounter, and they could rise to as high as the top four should they take all three points here.

Enzo Maresca has suffered countless injuries since the season began, and he remains without talisman Cole Palmer, who continues to be sidelined with a groin injury. Pedro Neto is the latest casualty after he was forced off in the 1-0 win at Tottenham, while central defender Benoit Badiashile is back on the treatment table after another injury setback. new signing Dario Essugo and Levi Colwill are longer-term absentees, with the former likely out untl the new year with a thigh problem, and Colwill out for the season having torn his ACL.

In the Premier League, the Blues have been inconsistent, losing at home to Brighton and Sunderland in recent weeks, but their victory over Tottenham last weekend saw them return to winning ways. Can they keep that momentum up here? Stay up to date with all the updates with our live blog below!

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KICK-OFF! Qarabag 0-0 Chelsea

The Champions League anthem has been played, and we are UNDERWAY in Baku!

3 minutes ago

The players are out...

Kick-off up next!

10 minutes ago

Not long to go now...

With ten minutes remaining until kick-off, here’s a reminder of tonight’s starting XIs.

Qarabag XI: Kochalski; Silva, Jankovic, Zoubir, Mustafazade, Leandro Andrade, Duran, Kady, Pedro Bicalho, Jafarguliyev, Medina

Chelsea XI: Sanchez; James, Tosin, Hato, Cucurella; Andrey Santos, Lavia; Estevao, Joao Pedro, Gittens; George

15 minutes ago

Other Champions League action tonight...

There is, of course, plenty of other UCL action on this evening.

The other early kick-off sees Cypriot side Pafos host Villarreal.

In terms of Premier League teams, Man City are hosting Borussia Dortmund, and Newcastle are hosting Athletic Bilbao.

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A big day for Reece James?

Enzo Maresca has high expectations for his captain Reece James after he shook off his fitness issues.

He said ahead of the trip to Baku: “Reece is good, he is doing well. He is fit, 100%. The way he has behaved every game is top. Even when he is not playing, the way he is with his team-mates in the dressing room.

“In the way we use Reece, we don't use him up and down. It's a big job to do that when we use a full-back in a different way. He is ready to play three games in a week.”

He hopes Romeo Lavia - who starts tonight - can follow a similar trajectory with his own injury woes.

“The main target for Romeo is now to be fit. Don't get any injuries. For me, in this moment, Romeo is where Reece was more or less one year ago in terms of being back after a long time.

“We need to manage him all the time. The target for him is to keep him fit. We need to be very careful with him because we don't want him to be out again, and finally, he can enjoy being a footballer.”

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Santos and Estevao start together tonight...

According to Santos, the Brazilian pair have a ‘perfect’ relationship.

Speaking pre-match, he said: “I speak French, English, Portuguese and Spanish too. It’s important to help Estevao. Sometimes I have to translate something for him,” Santos said.

“I arrived here young, like Estevao. I know how difficult it is to be here in the Premier League if you’re 18 years old.

“We are always together in the training ground and on the outside too. Our relationship is perfect, because we always go to the national team together. We do a lot of things together. It’s important to go on the pitch with these relationships.”

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26 minutes ago

Who is Tofiq Bahramov?

Tonight’s match will be held in the 31,090 capacity Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium - but who is Tofiq Bahramov?

Well, he is the linesman who awarded Geoff Hurst’s winner in the 1966 World Cup final, of course.

Hurst’s effort rattled the bar and Bahramov deemed it to have crossed the line, though it has since been suggested that it probably fell on the line and, thus, was not a goal.

Hurst later attended the official unveiling of Bahramov’s statue outside the ground.

West Germany’s Uwe Seeler and British footballer Bobby Moore exchange pennants before referee Gottfried Dienst and his linesmen (Tofiq Bahramov (L) and Czech linesman Karol Galba), ahead of the World Cup Final

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37 minutes ago

What is the weather like in Baku?

Decidedly mild.

It is currently 14°C and humid in the capital of Azerbaijan, with no chance of rain.

43 minutes ago

A message sent between the sticks?

Filip Jorgensen started against Ajax last time out in the Champions League, but has been dropped here for Robert Sanchez.

If Chelsea’s goalkeeper hierarchy wasn’t already clear, it should be now. Jorgensen has been far from convincing in his few appearances this season.

50 minutes ago

How far have Chelsea travelled for this match?

This is quite comfortably Chelsea’s longest away day of the league phase.

They face a round-trip of right around 5,000 miles to play this match.

The flight is five-and-a-half hours each way.

It is not Chelsea’s longest competitive away day, though.

That record was set last season, when they faced FC Astana in a Conference League tie in Almaty, Kazakhstan, an away day so considerable that the fans who bothered to travel were given a complimentary keychain for their trouble.

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