Those pesky 5.55pm kick-offs! Did you remember? Definitely did not remember just some two hours ago myself... Chelsea have one foot in the quarter-finals after winning the first leg 3-0 last week – let’s see if Dynamo Kiev turn up and turn this into a contest. Team news next…

The odds firmly in Chelsea's favour - 90 per cent of sides to score at least three goals in the first leg of a Europa League knockout tie have progressed to the next round (73/81).

Bale coming back to the Prem?

Maurizio Sarri has called tonight's pitch "dangerous", but UEFA responded...

"UEFA's pitch quality advisors have been in direct contact with the grounds team of NSK Olimpiyskyi stadium since the beginning of the season and supported them throughout.

"The current issues with the pitch are mainly aesthetic and do not present the risks of playability."

Will be intriguing to see if there are any issues tonight.

Captain Willian.

Huzzah. Loftus-Cheek and Hudson-Odoi (who scored the third goal last week) both start as Sarri makes seven changes to the side that drew with Chelsea. Hazard and Pedro on the bench if needs be, but barring a Dynamo comeback it’s unlikely we’ll see them feature - Hazard, anyway, you would imagine.

Shall we take minutes for Barkley replacing Kovacic? I’ll go for the 64th…

Dynamo Kiev XI: Bokyo, Kedziora, Burda, Kadar, Mykolenko, Sydorchuk, Shepeliev, Tsygankov, Shaparenko, Sidcley, Garmash.

Subs: Bushchan, Tche Tche, Andriyevskiy, Bueno, Shabanov, Smirniy, Alibekov.

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Zappacosta, Christensen, Rudiger, Alonso, Kante, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Giroud, Willian.

Subs: Caballero, Jorginho, Barkley, Hazard, Pedro, Azpilicueta, Luiz.