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Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of Leicester City versus Chelsea in the sixth round of the FA Cup. Teams will follow shortly.

The Emirates FA Cup / Quarter-final
King Power Stadium / 28.06.2020
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Dan Quarrell

Updated 28/06/2020 at 18:03 GMT


29'
CHANCE! Another free kick from Leicester from the left and another chance. Chilwell's ball picks out Evans, but he doesn't get enough of a touch on his header and it drifts a couple of yards wide. It looks like he mistimed that.
28'
Willian tries to play Mount into the Leicester area from the right wing, but it's just a touch overhit and Soyuncu shields the ball out for a goal kick.
23'
Soyuncu is booked for a late lunge on Pulisic; he'll be out of the semi-final if Leicester make it. Time for the drinks break.
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23'
A glimmer of a chance for Chelsea as Willian tries to slide in Pulisic on the left of Leicester's area. Pulisic stumbles though, the ball breaks to Gilmour but Chelsea can't make anything of it.
21'
A loose pass from Emerson is almost picked off by Vardy, but Zouma recovers to clear the danger.
20'
GOOD SAVE! Tielemans wins the ball in midfield this time, and drives forward to the edge of the Chelsea area. He unloads a dipping shot that Cabllero turns behind for a corner.
18'
Ndidi, who is all over this so far, wins another ball in midfield and pushes forwards. He transfers it to Praet on the right, who fires a a dangerous looking cross through the penalty area which misses everyone and drifts out for a goal kick.
16'
James takes a free kick for Chelsea from the right touchline after a foul on Pulisic. A headed effort catches a partial deflection, and drifts into the hands of Schmeichel.
14'
Chilwell takes it and lands the ball on the head of Ndidi, 12 yards out. He can't get any purchase on a soft cross though, and puts it straight into the hands of Caballero.
13'
James catches Barnes late, free kick to Leicester 25 yards from goal on the left.
12'
The visitors try a long one over the top to Abraham, but it's overdone and skips through to Schmeichel.
10'
Chelsea have settled into this a bit more now; that was a rocky first ten minutes.
7'
Perez gets free in the whole between Chelsea's midfield and defence. He has Vardy on to his right and Barnes to his left, but he dithers on the pass and eventually shanks his effort to Barnes out for a goal kick.
5'
A nice reverse pass leaves Tielemans one on one with Rudiger. He tries to burst past him but Rudiger manages to shield the ball out for a goal kick.
3'
Ndidi nicks the ball in midfield and feeds Barnes on the left of the Chelsea area. Barnes crosses dangerously and Caballero scrambles out to palm it away, before Chelsea clear. A good start from the home side here.
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We're underway, and within 20 seconds Barnes is almost in on goal but can't control a pass and it runs through to Caballero. That was a chance.
15:59
The players take a minute to applaud the NHS staff helping those suffering during coronavirus pandemic. They then take a knee, because black lives matter.
15:55
We're almost ready to go here. Your referee today is Mike Dean.
15:50
This is the seventh time that Leicester and Chelsea have been drawn against each other in the FA Cup. The omens are not good for the home team. On all six previous occasions, Chelsea have advanced at Leicester’s expense. In the 5th round in 1997, Chelsea went through after a 1-0 victory in a replay at Stamford Bridge that was shrouded in controversy. Referee Mike Reed awarded Chelsea a penalty with three minutes remaining in extra-time, for what was an outrageous dive by Erland Johnsen. Frank Leboeuf converted it, Leicester were devastated, and Danny Baker then got himself sacked by Radio 5 Live for a staggering rant about Reed’s decision live on the air soon after.
15:45
As for Chelsea, they knocked out Liverpool in the 5th round at Stamford Bridge in March, powered by a sensational performance from the young Gilmour in midfield.
15:40
A quick recap on how we got here: Leicester reached the 6th round by virtue of an 82nd minute goal from Ricardo Pereira that saw off Birmingham City back in March.