Welcome to Sports Mole's live text coverage of the Europa League meeting between Chelsea and BATE Borisov at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues have beaten PAOK and Videoton by the same 1-0 scoreline in their first two European outings to take control of Group L.
Belarussian champions BATE have had made a mixed start, meanwhile, as they have won one and lost one to leave their hopes of progression to the last 32 hanging in the balance.
Follow all of the action as it unfolds in West London with our extensive updates below.
STARTING XI: Kepa; Zappacosta, Cahill, Christensen, Emerson; Fabregas, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek; Willian, Pedro, Giroud
SUBS: Caballero, Rudiger, Moses, Kante, Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Morata
STARTING XI: Scherbitski; Rios, Filipovic, Filipenko, Volodko; Baga, Dragun, Hleb; Skavysh, Signevich, Stasevich
SUBS: Chichkan, Yablonski, Berezkin, Ivanic, Volkov, Tuominen, Moukam
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Maurizio Sarri: "These two matches in Europe have been difficult. They've not been easy. We have to prepare our minds to play another difficult match because this opponent during the season has lost only four times I think. I think it will be very difficult as this season they've done better away from home. This match is not a big problem as we have to play after five days from the last match. The problem will be on Sunday as we have to play after 65 hours. We have to change something."
Alyaksey Baha: "We have followed all the games Chelsea have played. Videoton played well, had plenty of chances and could have got a different result. They are an example for us. We analyse the games [against Arsenal] so we learnt from our mistakes. Now, a year later we are here in England, in London, playing against a top club, and we hope for a better result this time. It is kind of good news that Hazard is not playing, but it will still be a very strong line-up. Chelsea is the kind of team with so many players that will be capable of replacing Hazard with no problem."
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3 - Chelsea are looking to win their first three group stage games in a season in major European competition for the first time since the 2010-11 Champions League campaign. Aim. pic.twitter.com/WHwb1ts9N1
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 25, 2018
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2 - Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored as many goals in the opening seven minutes and 48 seconds of this match tonight (2) as he had previously in 35 games for Chelsea (2). Buses. pic.twitter.com/4Ra2k570HD
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 25, 2018
CHELSEA SUBS: Caballero, Rudiger, Moses, Kante, Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Morata
BATE BORISOV SUBS: Chichkan, Yablonski, Berezkin, Ivanic, Volkov, Tuominen, Moukam
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