This is the first competitive meeting between Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea.

The German side will be the Blues' 93rd different European opponents.

Dortmund are winless in 10 European matches versus English opposition, winning two and losing eight, since beating Tottenham in the 2015-16 Europe League.

In case you missed the start of the Champions League knockout stages yesterday, they were both 1-0 jobs...

Tottenham will have to produce a comeback after Brahim Diaz gave AC Milan a narrow win at the San Siro.

And Kingsley Coman repeated his 2020 final heroics as Bayern Munich beat Paris St-Germain. Benjamin Pavard was sent off for Bayern late on.

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Scott Parker will make his Champions League managerial debut tonight in the Champions League.

The former Fulham and Bournemouth boss was appointed head coach of the Belgian side on New Year's Eve.

He replaced Carl Hoefkens, who was sacked despite leading them to a Champions League knockout spot above Bayer Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid.

"It's a fantastic opportunity for everyone at the football club... to try and leave our mark on the competition," said Parker.

The former England midfielder has won just one of his seven league games in charge.

"Of course, the level of opposition we're going up against is completely different to [the Belgian top flight] and we need to respect that.

"We need to understand that we're going up against a very good side in Benfica, who have quality all over the pitch.

"We need to show ourselves, be competitive. We need to nullify any threats Benfica are going to pose to us. Hopefully we can expose and hurt a good side in our moments."

Club Bruges are the rank outsiders in this season's Champions League with data analysts Gracenote giving them a 0% chance of winning the tournament.

Benfica, along with Manchester City, are the most likely team to reach the quarter-finals, each with an 80% likelihood.

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On 18 July 2022, less than two weeks after joining Borussia Dortmund, £27.4m striker Sebastien Haller pulled out of training after feeling unwell.

He had not felt quite right for a few weeks but thought it was a digestive issue, or potentially a hernia. Within 24 hours a testicular tumour was diagnosed.

The 28-year-old Ivory Coast international, who joined West Ham for a then club record £45m in 2019, had treatment which involved chemotherapy and two lots of surgery.

Never once did Haller doubt he would return. He did feel bad for Dortmund, though.

"I was thinking 'they have bought a player and after two weeks I can't play for I don't know how long'," he says.

"What a bad deal. Of course I wanted to come back and give back the support they gave me. This was really important. They gave to me before I could give something to them. I was sick and they gave me support.

"But I always knew that I would make it. A lot of it was mental and the second surgery made it a little bit more difficult, but I knew I would come back."

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There is full commentary of this one on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra tonight. You can listen on this page, the BBC Sounds app or an actual radio.

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Is Graham Potter about to get sacked?

The short answer is no. Potter's future will not be determined by success in the Champions League this season or the team's ability to qualify next season.

Despite Chelsea's £583m spend in the past two transfer windows it has been made clear that the long-term vision of those in charge of the club is aligned with the manager.

Potter has won 31.2% of games in the league, the third-worst record at the club in the Premier League era - albeit only 16 games in. Chelsea are currently in ninth place - behind his old club Brighton in seventh. His predecessor Thomas Tuchel won the Champions League for Chelsea in 2021.

Former Blues striker Chris Sutton has said the job is "too big" for him and Potter himself said results "have not been good enough".

But the feeling at the club is that Potter has had to endure some unprecedented issues during his time in charge.

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Chelsea manager Graham Potter speaking to BT Sport: "Kalidou Koulibaly is an experienced player and Hakim Ziyech gives us balance on the right. Ben Chilwell gives us a different profile on the left, we have been building him up in terms of fitness and he is ready.

"I thought [against West Ham] we attacked well, had good control and scored a good goal. We looked more like the team we wanted to. The challenge for us is that when we conceded a goal we didn't look as good but there were positive steps.

"You have to embrace the pressure and be grateful for it. You need the pressure, because that is when the good stuff happens. We are grateful for the challenge we have got here and we are looking forward to taking this on.

"You have to understand the crowd is there, you have to try to win the moment and block the external stuff out if you have a setback and get back on track as soon as possible, accept the crowd is part of it and deal with it."

Usually the Champions League takes centre stage - but there is a monumental game in the Premier League tonight.

Arsenal host Manchester City in the battle for top spot.

Follow that one here.

Be honest, some of you are like Club Bruges manager WHO?!

Club Bruges manager Scott Parker makes two changes from the 1-1 Pro League draw with Union Saint-Gilloise last Thursday.

Former Fulham player Denis Odoi comes in to midfield, replacing Mats Rits, while Kamal Sowah starts up front ahead of Roman Yaremchuk.

Scotland defender Jack Hendry keeps his place at the back.

Simon Mignolet starts in goal for the Belgian champions, with ex-Stoke City keeper Joe Bursik on the bench.

Club Bruges XI: Mignolet; Mata, Hendry, Mechele, Meijer; Onyedika, Odoi, Vanaken; Buchanan, Lang, Sowah

Subs: Bursik, Shinton, Sylla, Nusa, Boyata, Rits, Sandra, Spileers, Nielsen, Jutgla, Yaremchuk

There are three alterations to the Benfica team from the one beaten on penalties by Braga in the Taca de Portugal last week.

Goncalo Ramos - best known for his hat-trick for Portugal against Switzerland at the World Cup - comes in and starts up front.

Rafa Silva and Florentino Luis are the other additions, while David Neres drops out of the XI.

Benfica XI: Odysseas; Bah, Antonio Silva, Otamendi, Grimaldo; Florentino, Chiquinho; Aursnes, Joao Mario, Rafa; Ramos.

Subs: Samuel S., Andre Gomes, Gilberto, Verissimo, Morato, Joao Neves, Schjelderup, Draxler, Neres, Guedes, Tengstedt, Musa

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Jude Bellingham starts and captains Borussia Dortmund for tonight's game, while ex-West Ham striker Sebastien Haller makes his Champions League debut for the Germans.

Former Chelsea youth player Jamie Bynoe-Gittens is on their bench. The winger was also on the books of Reading and Manchester City.

Borussia Dortmund XI: Kobel, Wolf, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro, Can, Brandt, Bellingham, Ozcan, Adeyemi, Haller.

Subs: Reyna, Dahoud, Reus, Hummels, Modeste, Malen, Meunier, Ryerson, Meyer, Rothe, Bynoe-Gittens, Coulibaly,

Chelsea make three changes from the 1-1 draw with West Ham in the Premier League at the weekend.

Ben Chilwell makes his first start for the Blues since November, while Hakim Ziyech and Kalidou Koulibaly also come in.

January signings Joao Felix, Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk are also in the first XI.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, James, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly, Chilwell, Loftus-Cheek, Fernandez, Ziyech, Joao Felix, Mudryk, Havertz.

Subs: Kovacic, Bettinelli, Chalobah, Mount, Zakaria, Gallagher, Azpilicueta, Chukwuemeka, Cucurella, Wesley Fofana, Hall, Bergstrom.

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Straight into a bit of team news from tonight's two Champions League games.

Chelsea have had a good season in the Champions League so far, finishing top of their group after winning the final four games.

Domestically it's been very different and Graham Potter's side sit 10th in the Premier League.

Luckily for them after a break of over three months the Champions League is back.

Hello and welcome to live text and radio commentary of Chelsea's trip to Borussia Dortmund.

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