Chelsea coast past Dymano Kiev to put one foot in Europa League quarter-finals
Relive the action from Stamford Bridge
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea put one foot in the quarter-finals of the Europa League with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev at Stamford Bridge.
Goals by Pedro, Willian and Callum Hudson-Odoi handed Chelsea a significant advantage heading into next week's second leg in Ukraine.
And on a night when Arsenal slipped to a shock Europa League defeat, Chelsea asserted themselves as one of the favourites to win this summer’s final in Baku with a stylish victory. Relive the action below.
What time does it start?
Chelsea vs. Dynamo Kiev kicks off at 8pm (GMT) on Thursday 8 March.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be live on BT Sport 2, with coverage starting at 7:30pm (GMT).
Predicted line-ups:
Chelsea: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, David Luiz, Emerson, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Willian, Giroud, Hazard
Dynamo Kiev: Boyko, Kravchenko, Burda, Shabanov, Mykolenko, Shepelev, Buyalski, Tsygankov, Shapanenko, Victor Bueno, Sol
Form guide:
Chelsea: WLWLWW
Dynamo Kiev: WLDWWW
Head-to-head:
Thursday’s meeting between Napoli and Red Bull Salzburg will be the first time the two sides have met.
Odds:
Chelsea to win: 3/10
Dynamo Kiev to win: 17/4
Draw: 9/1
Prediction:
Chelsea 2-0 Dynamo Kiev
90+4 mins: Rennes 3 - 1 Arsenal
Rennes sit in for the final four minutes and take a two goal cushion to the Emirates next week. They become the first French team to defeat Arsenal on their travels and the Gunners face a difficult challenge to keep them in this competition.
Arsenal finish with defeat in France, how will Chelsea fare at Stamford Bridge?
They're up next against Dynamo Kiev, here's a reminder of the teams:
Kick off is next.
Elsewhere in Europe tonight:
Villarreal beat Zenit St Petersburg 3-1 in Russia. Dinamo Zagreb defeated Benfica at home 1-0.
Sevilla drew 2-2 at home with Slavia Prague, and Frankfurt and Inter Milan finishing 0-0.
Chelsea 0 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Chelsea get the match underway, a long ball from David Luiz finds Pedro who sends Zappacosta on the overlap and Chelsea win a corner.
3 mins: Chelsea 0 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Kovacic gives the ball to Zappacosta who drifts offside on the right. Chelsea in control of the initial stages of the match though.
6 mins: Chelsea 0 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Chelsea are putting a lot of pressure on the defence and Dynamo are finding it hard to get the ball forward.
9 mins: Chelsea 0 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Jorginho flicks a long ball over the defence searching for Pedro's run, Boyko comes across quickly and wins the ball.
Zappacosta is taken down by Shepelev and the Dynamo man gets booked.
12 mins: Chelsea 0 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv
There looks to be a lot of nerves at the back for Dynamo Kyiv, they try to play the ball out from the back but get caught by Barkley who wins a corner.
Wiliian plays a short corner, gets the ball back but his delivery into the box is poor.
15 mins: Chelsea 0 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo have started to find their feet, they're closing Chelsea down quickly and have started to see more of the ball.
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