Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Filipe Luis, Matic, Fabregas, Willian, Oscar, Hazard, Remy… Subs: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ake, Salah, Solanke, Drogba /// Maribor: Handanovic, Stojanovic, Rajcevic, Suler, Mejac, Viler, Mertelj, Filipovic, Bohar, Tavares, Ibraimi.

Maribor try and mount an instant response. Corner to the visitors.

GOAL, BUT CHELSEA ARE IN TROUBLE! Chelsea 1-0 Maribor. Remy feigns to go down the outside, before darting inside and arrowing a low left-footed shot into the corner. Delirium turns to concern moments later – Remy is too injured to celebrate. Surely not another striker injury?

CHANCE! Willian pokes the ball down the inside-right channel towards Loic Remy… Jasmin Handanovic gets down well to save.

The entire stadium unites in applause as the clock ticks onto 11:00. Have to admit, not entirely sure of the reason for that.

Oscar’s crossfield pass sails over Eden Hazard’s head. Not that the Belgian minds – he immediately gives the thumbs up. No idea why.

A Maribor sighter from distance flies into the coat-infested crowd.

Warm applause echoes around Stamford Bridge as Nemanja Matic wriggles clear of trouble inside his own half.

The Chelsea fans are clearly suffering from their vocal exploits at Selhurst Park on Saturday where they sang non-stop. Only the Maribor fans are audible at the moment.

CHANCE! Damjan Bohar meets a teasing Mitja Viler cross and watches with excitement as his head loops over Petr Cech... And onto the roof of the net.

The set-piece is delivered with pace, but it’s cleared by the Slovenians.

Branislav Ivanovic ventures forward from right-back and wins an early corner. John Terry and Kurt Zouma wander towards the opposition penalty area.

Chelsea get the ball down immediately and start probing their fluorescent opposition.

And we're live!

Here come the teams. The Chelsea XI – in their traditional blue shirts, white shorts combo – funnel onto the Stamford Bridge pitch, flanked by their all-in-yellow opponents.

Are Chelsea the new Invincibles? It might only be mid-October, but some pundits are already convinced they have what it takes. One man who disagrees though is Louis van Gaal. The Manchester United gaffer claims his side can catch Chelsea in the Premier League.

Fans of the Europa League (or Wigan Athletic) might be familiar with Maribor’s last outing in England. The Slovenians beat the Latics 2-1 in December last year. However, that is their only win over England opposition (P6: W1 D1 L4).

Chelsea enter the clash on the back of an impressive 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace – a match which saw Cesc Fabregas run the show.

Mourinho dipped into the cliché manual to insist that Chelsea weren’t taking their opponents lightly.