Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live coverage of the World Cup qualifier between Azerbaijan and Portugal. I'm Ciaran Baynes and I'll be following the match with you.

Andre Silva played in Jota in the left hand side of the penalty area and his cross in front of the goalkeeper was cleared well by Haghverdi.

Cancelo starts a move with an audacious flick in the middle of the field before latching onto the ball in the box and setting up a shot for Moutinho whose effort was blocked and a fortunate offside call spared the referee having to judge whether the ball brushing an Azerbaijan arm in the box was worthy of a spot kick.

Early pressurte from Portugal after a lovely dribble into the box from Bernardo Silva but no one was there to attack the cross when it came from Cancelo. The first instance of many what if he was playing thoughts...

Azerbaijan get the game underway..

The players are on the field at the Baku Olimpiya Stadion and we'll be ready to go shortly.

Azerbaijan had a very interesting week leading into this match with a humiliating loss to Luxembourg six days ago before grabbing their first point in Group A drawing against the Republic of Ireland on Saturday.

There are no other changes from the Portuguese side who were so nearly humbled at home to the Irish.

Perhaps wisely, there is no direct replacement to fill the giant boots of Ronaldo, with Joao Moutinho coming into the midfield and Bernardo Silva pushed forward to play in the front three.

The star-billing of this match is lacking with Cristiano Ronaldo banned for removing his shirt after his injury-time winner and record-setting 111th international goal against the Republic of Ireland last Wednesday.

This Azerbaijan XI take on Portugal in just under an hour.

This is the Portugal side which will take the field in Baku.