SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 65 mins
Bate Borisov 0-1 Chelsea
A second switch now as Ruben Loftus-Cheek, quiet today after scoring a hat-trick in their previous meeting, is replaced by Mateo Kovacic.
Summary
Arsenal join Chelsea in reaching Europa League last 32
Gunners' 0-0 draw with Sporting enough to progress
Welbeck suffers serious-looking ankle injury
Mathieu sent off for foul on Aubameyang
Chelsea beat Bate Borisov 1-0 earlier
Giroud scores first goal of season
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 65 mins
Postpublished at 64 mins
Bate Borisov 0-1 Chelsea
London buses and all that. Chelsea's fourth effort on target as Olivier Giroud's header is tipped over by Denis Scherbitski.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 62 mins
Bate Borisov 0-1 Chelsea
Eden Hazard's game was longer than expected, but he's replaced by Willian after the hour-mark.
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Bate Borisov 0-1 Chelsea
The ball comes into the box, a fully fit Eden Hazard blasts the ball home but this returning version lets the ball run across him, by the time he shoots it's easily saved.
That's their second shot on target.
And now a third as Ross Barkley's 25-yard drive is tipped around the post.
Postpublished at 60 mins
Bate Borisov 0-1 Chelsea
This is a huge chance for Bate to equalise, an even better chance than a minute ago. the ball is pulled back to Aleksey Rios, unmarked 12 yards out, and he blasts it well over the bar.
BATE HIT THE WOODWORKpublished at 58 mins
Bate Borisov 0-1 Chelsea
Bate hit the woodwork for a second time - this time it's Nikolai Signevich!
Get Involvedpublished at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018
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Have some faith in your striker Dexter...
Dexter: No offence, but with Giroud up front, we couldn't score even if we had a rugby-style goal to aim at. Too bad red-hot Morata is cooling off at Cobham...
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Bate Borisov 0-1 Chelsea
Suspect we'll see Eden Hazard come off soon.
Get Involvedpublished at 19:06 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018
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Tim: Looks like the Lampard/Gerrard debate is happening all over again at Chels - Barkley & Loftus-Cheek just not working
This tweet was sent before the goal
Chelsea heading into last 32...published at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018
Chelsea are definitely through if they hold onto this win.
They will win the group if the other game - MOL Vidi v PAOK - remains goalless.
GOAL - Bate Borisov 0-1 Chelseapublished at 52 mins
Olivier Giroud
Olivier Giroud scores his first goal of the season.
Emerson Palmieri puts in a good cross, which Giroud heads toward goal. Bate goalkeeper Denis Scherbitski gets a touch and should do better but the ball flies past him into the net.
That's Giroud's first goal under Maurizio Sarri - and Chelsea's first effort on target tonight.
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Bate Borisov 0-0 Chelsea
Free-kick to Chelsea, Eden Hazard curls it past everyone from the corner of the box. Goal-kick.
Postpublished at 48 mins
Bate Borisov 0-0 Chelsea
Bate's Nikolai Signevich has to tie his laces. That's one of the most interesting moments of the game.
Postpublished at 46 mins
Bate Borisov 0-0 Chelsea
Image source, Getty ImagesNo changes at the break, Maurizio Sarri said Eden Hazard would only get 45 or 50 minutes. But maybe he thought they'd be winning by that stage.
Get Involvedpublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018
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A pretty accurate description of that first half...
Tor: Probing. Probing. Probing. Pr...ob....i...ng.... pr...o......b.....zzzzz
KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins
Bate Borisov 0-0 Chelsea
Second half is under way.
Postpublished at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018
Bate Borisov 0-0 Chelsea
Back to Belarus.
That was the first time Chelsea have failed to register a shot on target in the first half of a match in any competition this season.
Team newspublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018
Arsenal v Sporting Lisbon (20:00 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesPetr Cech returns in goal for the Gunners and captains the side. Teenage midfielder Emile Smith Rowe makes his fifth appearances for the Gunners - he has scored twice in his first four.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is among the substitutes.
Ex-Premier League pair Sebastian Coates and Nani start for Sporting.
Arsenal: Cech. Papastathopoulos, Mkhitaryan, Ramsey, Lichtsteiner, Holding, Iwobi, Welbeck, Jenkinson, Guendouzi, Smith Rowe.
Sporting Lisbon: Ribeiro, Coates, Fernandes, Acuna, Montero, Nani, Mathieu, Diaby, Gaspar, Gudelj, Luís
Breaking team newspublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018
Arsenal v Sporting Lisbon (20:00 GMT)
Arsenal make NINE changes from the side who drew 1-1 against Liverpool on Saturday. Only Rob Holding and Henrikh Mkhitaryan keep their spots.
More soon.
Elsewhere in Europe...published at 18:47 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018
Marco Parolo has put Lazio 1-0 up against Marseille in injury time. As things stand the Italian side would be into the last 32 - and the French outfit would be out.
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