Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter in Baku

Having been in Azerbaijan for the last two days, I can say this match with Chelsea is a very big event.

It is among the biggest ever to have taken place in club football in this country and Qarabag feel capable of finally beating an English team, having beaten Benfica and Copenhagen already during an impressive Champions League campaign.

There were more journalists attending manager Gurban Gurbanov's press conference in Baku than Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca's in Cobham.

It must be said, the traffic has been terrible around the 32,000-seater stadium as roads are also being prepared for a "Victory Day" parade on Friday.

Ashley Cole, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2011-12, is one of the guests on Champions League Match of the Day later.

Gabby Logan presents highlights and analysis of Tuesday's and Wednesday's games along with ex-Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock and French football expert Julien Laurens.

The programme starts at 22:40 GMT on BBC One.

If you cannot wait until then, highlights from this week's games will be available to watch on the BBC Sport website from 22:00.

Chelsea

Chelsea have released a statement into the incident at today's academy match in Azerbaijan.

"We are aware of an incident during today's Uefa Youth League match in Azerbaijan in which, after scoring, a number of our players were subjected to racist abuse from an individual in the crowd.

"Racism and all forms of discriminatory behaviour are completely unacceptable and have no place in football or indeed in society. We strongly condemn the actions of the individual responsible.

"Our players have the full support of everyone at the club, and we have raised the incident immediately with the Uefa match delegate and home club: We expect this matter to be investigated fully under Uefa's disciplinary procedures."

"We are proud of the way our players and staff responded to the incident on the pitch, swiftly reporting it to the referee, and commend those for dealing with the matter professionally and appropriately in line with Uefa protocols.

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter in Baku

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Chelsea have condemned alleged racist abuse from at least one Qarabag supporter in an academy match in Azerbaijan.

Striker Sol Gordon, 17, opened the scoring in the 57th minute at the Azersun Stadium in Baku and celebrated the goal in proximity to a section of fans, who ran down to confront the players in the sparsely attended match.

Eyewitnesses told BBC Sport that they saw and heard monkey gestures.

The match was stopped for a few minutes as players complained to Ukrainian referee Dmytro Kubriak, with coaching staff, including head coach Calum McFarlane, involved in the discussions.

It appeared as if Chelsea might stop playing the match, but they continued after the stoppage and won 5-0.

Read more here.

BBC Radio 5 Live

There's back-to-back Champions League commentaries on 5 Live starting with Qarabag against Chelsea at 17:45 GMT, with Conor McNamara and Leon Osman.

Then John Murray and Michael Brown will take you through Manchester City against Borussia Dortmund from 20:00.

Here's how the league phase table looks after Tuesday's results.

Arsenal and Bayern Munich are the only sides so far to have a 100% record after four games played. Inter Milan could join them with a win against Kairat Almaty.

Liverpool and Tottenham remain in the top eight after their respective wins. Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle will be aiming to break back into that top section tonight.

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Another nine games in total tonight, including Barcelona in Belgium to face Club Brugge.

Will Marcus Rashford add to his tally of four goals in three Champions League games?

By the way, the England squad for World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania is announced on Friday.

Will Rashford be heading to the World Cup next summer?

Champions League

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It's the midway point of the league phase tonight.

Of the 21 matches played by the six Premier League clubs so far this season, 15 have ended in wins, while there have been three draws and three defeats.

Could we be heading for another all-English final? We've not had one of those since 2021 when Chelsea beat Manchester City in Porto.

Who do you think looks well equipped to to go all the way this time? And why?

Please get in touch the usual way.

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter

Chelsea have rotated heavily for this league phase tie away at Qarabag.

They have drafted in exciting teenagers Estevao Willian, Tyrique George and Jorrel Hato.

Only captain Reece James, Marc Cucurella, Joao Pedro and Robert Sanchez keep their place from the 1-0 win at Tottenham on Saturday.

Qarabag XI: Kochalski, Silva, Medina, Mustafazade, Jafarguliyev, Jankovic, Kady, Pedro Bicalho, Zoubir, Leandro Andrade, Duran.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Tosin, Hato, Cucurella, Andrey Santos, Lavia, Estevao, Joao Pedro, Gittens, George.

Teenagers Estevao Willian and Tyrique George start for Chelsea in Baku. There is plenty of experience in the starting XI with Reece James captaining the side and Robert Sanchez starting in goal.

Full team news to follow.

Chelsea

What sort of team will Enzo Maresca be fielding tonight?

With managerless Wolves visiting Stamford Bridge on Saturday (20:00 GMT), the Chelsea boss has already indicated that he will be rotating his squad over the next few days.

Chelsea have already used 25 different players in three Champions League games this season.

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Another Champions League night, another early start.

This time it's Chelsea who are kicking off in little over an hour's time.

Enzo Maresca's side are 2,500 miles away in Azerbaijan to play Qarabag (17:45 GMT).

When that's finished, we're going to concentrate on Manchester City against Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle against Athletic Club (20:00 GMT).

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As people across the UK gather for Bonfire Night, where will the fireworks be in the Champions League?

After Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham all won on Tuesday, tonight's focus shifts to Chelsea, Manchester City and Newcastle.

Will it be a clean sweep of midweek wins for Premier League clubs in Europe's most prestigious competition?