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Hello and welcome to live coverage of Chelsea v Lille.

Champions League / Group Stage
Stamford Bridge / 10.12.2019
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Marcus Foley

Updated 10/12/2019 at 21:54 GMT


15'
Azpilicueta attempts to squeeze a cross from the right to Abraham, but it's punted clear.
10'
Zouma picks out Abraham with a great long ball. The striker brings it down well, shifts it inside for Pulisic, who takes a couple of touches into the box, before he scuffs a shot just wide of the post.
7'
Remy defends the near post to concede another corne. Willian takes again, and Maignan is able to claim. He throws it long for Araujo, but the ball carries to Kepa.
6'
Emerson finds Jorginho. Back to Emerson and then Kante on the left, but he is bundled out by Djalo with the defender injured. Corner for Chelsea on the left.
5'
Abraham is on the end of a long ball, but he stretches towards it as it drops and can't quite get more than perhaps an atom on it.
2'
Maignan comes out to claim a bouncing balll into the box.
1st Half
1'
The match gets underway.
19:50
Chelsea are having a mild wobble. They were beaten by West Ham and their defence looks increasingly ropey. That should or could be fixed in the transfer window, but tonight it is a weakness, unless Antonio Rudiger's return helps them settle again.
19:45
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19:35
If Lille win, they will finish bottom of the group. If they draw, they will finish bottom. If they lose, they will qualify! Sorry, I mean: they will finish bottom.
19:30
Chelsea need a win tonight. If they do that they will be through, but anything less than that might see them fall outside the top two spots.
19:25
Here is the Lille XI: Maignan, Pied, Gabriel, Djalo, Celik, Maia, Soumare, Xeka, Araujo, Yazici, Remy.
19:20
The Chelsea team news is in: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger, Emerson, Kovacic, Jorginho, Kante, Willian, Abraham, Pulisic. Subs: Caballero, Christensen, James, Barkley, Mount, Hudson-Odoi, Batshuayi.