Hello and welcome to our LIVE commentary of the Champions League Group E clash between FC Nordsjaelland and Shakhtar Donetsk in Copengagen. Kick off 19.45 GMT.

Good pressure from Fernandinho wins a throw but he slips and gifts back a goal kick.

The home side definitely enjoying the lion’s share of possession at the moment. Lorentzen plays it to Nordstrand who is very nearly in on goal. Kucher does very well to get back and get a toe in.

Joshua John getting a lot of success on the left hand side at the moment getting crosses in. Bright start.

Dangerous cross from John meant for Nordstrand but Shakhtar head clear the danger.

Nordsjælland keeping the ball well at the moment but Fernandinho comes away with it.

A great save from Petr Cech has kept it level in the other Group E match. We’ll keep you updated on that one too. Shakhtar back on the offensive.

Shot from Mkhitaryan and he wins a corner. It falls for Fernandinho but there is a Nordsjælland body in the way. Vital block.

Mtiliga does well to win a corner as Kucher goes down clutching his heel. He’s back up again and Shakhtar clear the danger.

Just under 18,000 in attendance here. Shakhtar already on the offensive. Adriano caught offside but he looked level.

Referee Antony Gautier blows the whistle and gets us underway here in Copenhagen. The pitch looks perfect. Shakhtar adopting an attacking 4-2-3-1 formation with Nordsjælland likewise.

Only five minutes to kick off. MATCH ODDS: Nordsjælland (9/1) Shakhtar (1/3) Draw (4/1).

Tonight’s other Group E fixture is between Juventus and Chelsea in Turin. Chelsea can do Shakhtar a favour by winning.

Shakhtar danger man Alex Teixeira has scored 11 goals in all competitions this season, one more than his 2011/12 haul.

Nordsjælland have a goal difference of -10, the joint worst in the competition with LOSC Lille and GNK Dinamo Zagreb.

Nordsjælland managed only three shots when they met Shakhtar on Match Day One, but all of them were on target. Only Manchester City (33) have allowed the opposition more shots on target against them than Nordsjælland (32).

Shakhtar have won all three matches they have played in European competition against Danish opposition but have won just one of their last six Champions League away games (W1 D1 L4).

Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar): "This is Nordsjælland's last Champions League match in Denmark and they will fight until the end. Nordsjælland do not have a great deal of experience as they are a young team and this season is their first taste of Champions League football. They made some bad mistakes in their last game in Turin but they are improving all the time and caused Chelsea and Juventus problems in previous matches. "

Kasper Hjulmand (Nordsjælland): "We'll be giving everything we got, eating grass in pursuit of that winning feeling. We know we're not on the same level as the other teams in the group. Shakhtar are a fantastic side and probably the big favourites to progress. They have great attacking qualities and can come at us in a variety of ways. There are a few things we need to do better than we did in Turin. In the UEFA Champions League you have one, maybe two seconds to choose the best option."

Midfielder Andreas Laudrup, son of Michael Laudrup, and winger Mikkel Beckmann are injured for Nordsjaelland and Shakhtar’s big news is that former Arsenal striker Eduardo drops to the bench with Henrikh Mkhitaryan featuring in his stead with Willian, Alex Teixeira and Douglas Costa behind.

TEAMS: Nordsjælland: Hansen, Okore, Mtiliga, Parkhurst, Runje, Adu, Stokholm, Christensen, Lorentzen, Nordstrand, John. SUBS: Viladsen, Kildentoft, Gundelach, Ticinovic, Christiansen, Aynaoglu /// Shakhtar: Pyatov, Kucher, Rat, Rakitskiy, Stepanenko, Fernandinho, Willian, Alex Texeira, Srna, Adriano, Mkhitaryan. SUBS: Kanibolotskiy, Kryvtsov, Kobin, Gai, Douglas Costa, Ilsinho, Eduardo.

Shakhtar won the previous meeting 2-0 at home in Donetsk and if they and Chelsea win tonight, both sides will progress to the last 16. Nordsjælland have been knocked out of the Champions League, but still have motivation to win as they have an outside chance of qualifying for the Europa League if they win both remaining games and other results go their way.