Chelsea vs Hull City – FA Cup fifth round as it happened

The Blues made short work of Hull with a dominant display

Willian sweeps home Chelsea's opening goal (AFP/Getty Images)

Chelsea thrashed Hull City 4-0 at Stamford Bridge, after two goals by Willian, one from Pedro and a maiden Chelsea strike from Olivier Giroud.

Relive the game below with our live blog:

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What time does it start?

Chelsea vs Hull kicks off 8pm

Where can I watch it?

The match will be shown live on BT Sport 2 from 7.30pm. Highlights will be shown at 10.30pm on BBC1.

It’s a big game for…

Danny Drinkwater: Drinkwater has not had the best time of things since moving to Chelsea, only featuring a handful of times.

With Tiemoue Bakyoko and Ross Barkley unavailable for selection and Conte confirming he will be switching things up for this clash, it’s a big game for the former Leicester star to show what he can offer.

Weird stat…

9: Chelsea have progressed from nine of their last 10 fifth round FA Cup ties, their only loss coming against Manchester City in 2014.

Remember when…

Chelsea opened their successful 2009/10 campaign with victory against hull city courtesy of Didier Drogba’s last minute winner.

The Blues went on to win the domestic double of Premier League and FA Cup in May.

Player to watch…

Jarrod Bowen: Chelsea are in the top four of the Premier League and will expect to comfortably beat Hull in their fifth round clash. But, if Hull are going to cause any problems, it is likely to come through their 21-year-old forward. He has scored 12 times in 30 Championship clashes so far this year, seeking to help the Tigers avoid the drop.

Past three-meetings…

Chelsea 2 (Costa, Cahill) Hull 0, Premier League, January 2017

Hull 0 Chelsea 2 (Willian, Costa), Premier League, October 2016

Hull 2 (Elmohamady, Hernandez) Chelsea 3 (Hazard, Costa, Remy), Premier League, March 2015

Form guide…

Chelsea: WLWLLW

Hull City: DLWDLW

Odds…

Chelsea to win: 2/13

Hull City to win: 16/1

Draw: 6/1

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Chelsea 4-0 Hull

76' - Superb save!

Danny Drinkwater's long-range effort deflects off a defender and towards goal but Hull stopper David Marshall, who was moving to his right, manages to change direction and make an impressive diving stop down to his left.

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Leicester are the first club into the last eight after a 1-0 win over Sheffield United courtesy of a single Jamie Vardy goal.

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Chelsea 4-0 Hull

83' - Jon Toral's clipped cross finds Adama Diomande in the box but the Hull winger can't get over his header and the ball loops over the bar.

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Kyle Scott of Chelsea holds off pressure from Evandro Goebel of Hull 

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Chelsea 4-0 Hull

88' - Daniel Batty replaces Jackson Irvine for the visitors.

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Chelsea 4-0 Hull

89' - Willian comes agonisingly close to notching his hat-trick but his curled effort from distance hits the bottom of the post and goes behind for a goal-kick. 

Almost a hat-trick of absolute screamers.

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Chelsea 4-0 Hull

90' - We'll have a minimum of two additional minutes here.

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Full-time - Chelsea 4-0 Hull

The referee blows the final whistle and Chelsea are into the last eight after an easy 4-0 win over Hull.

The scoring was completed in the first half as Willian notched in the second minute before Pedro doubled the Blues' lead just before the half-hour mark. Another goal from Brazil's Willian soon followed before Olivier Giroud rounded off the scoring with his first Blues strike three minutes prior to the interval.

Chelsea are through to the quarter-finals 

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Post-match quotes from Willian and Olivier Giroud

Willian: "It was a great performance. We expected a difficult game but the game became easy because we played very well from the beginning. We did a great job."

Olivier Giroud on scoring his first goal for Chelsea: "I was waiting for it. I had a couple of chances in previous games so it was very important for me to score this first goal. It relieves me a little bit. I'm happy and I take a lot of pleasure on the pitch. The team has got good cohesion and it was very important to bounce back straight away after some disappointing results. We've got seven goals and two clean sheets now (in the last two games) which is good for our confidence."

Quotes from BT Sport

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