Chelsea vs Hull City – FA Cup fifth round as it happened
The Blues made short work of Hull with a dominant display
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Your support makes all the difference.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:
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
Chelsea 1-0 Hull
7' - Chelsea, as you might expect, are dominating in these early stages.
Cesc Fabregas has just had a chance to double the hosts' lead but he was denied at the near post by Hull stopper David Marshall.
Chelsea 1-0 Hull
11' - Hull's Jackson Irvine gets on the end of an Evandro cross in the Chelsea box but his header loops well over Willy Caballero's crossbar.
That was a half-chance for the visitors.
Chelsea 1-0 Hull
14' - Huge chance for Chelsea!
Pedro dinks a lovely through ball to Olivier Giroud in the Hull penalty area but the striker, with only the goalkeeper to beat, puts his first-time finish over the bar.
The Frenchman's search for a first goal in Chelsea blue goes on...
Hull's Jackson Irvine and Chelsea's Danny Drinkwater vie for the ball
Chelsea 1-0 Hull
18' - Danny Drinkwater plays a delicate one-two with Willian on the edge of the box before drilling a low cross across the face of the six-yard box. The sliding Olivier Giroud can't quite get on the end of it though and the ball runs behind for a goal-kick.
Chelsea 1-0 Hull
24' - Willian fizzes a free-kick at goal from a wide position but Hull stopper David Marshall parries the ball away. Solid goalkeeping.
Chelsea 1-0 Hull
26' - Pedro has a good chance to round off a Chelsea counter-attack after good work by Willian but the Spaniard's low shot is kept out by the legs of David Marshall.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Hull (Pedro)
27' - Cesc Fabregas plays Pedro in on goal with a wonderful through ball and the former Barcelona man makes no mistake with the finish this time, slotting a cool finish past David Marshall and into the corner of the net.
It's no more than Chelsea deserve - they've been utterly dominant in the opening third of this match.
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