Juventus vs Chelsea LIVE: Champions League result, final score and reaction tonight

The favourites for Group H battle it out in Turin after both winning their opening games

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Chelsea face Juventus in Champions League Group H looking to bounce back from their first defeat of the Premier League season.

Thomas Tuchel’s side were beaten by Manchester City on Saturday at Stamford Bridge as they slipped from top spot. They began their continental campaign with a hard-fought victory over Zenit St Petersburg but travel to Turin with a depleted squad. N’Golo Kante has tested positive for Covid-19 and is tabsent, while all of Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Reece James have been ruled out due to injury.

Juventus produced a fine performance in Sweden as they beat Malmo in their opening group fixture. Back under the management of Massimiliano Allegri, who guided the club to the final of this competition in 2015 and 2017, it has been a mixed start to the season for Juventus, who lost Cristiano Ronaldo this summer. Known for their defensive solidity and structure in Allegri’s previous spell, recent results suggest this iteration of the Italian giants may be less stodgy – the club has won each of their last two games 3-2.

They will be wary of Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku, who has begun the season in strong scoring form after returning to London, and nearly joined Juventus in 2019. Yet the Belgian possesses a curiously poor record against the club: Lukaku has scored just once in six previous appearances against Juventus.

Missing a number of key players, Tuchel will be keen for his star striker to reverse that record in a crucial away encounter. Follow live minute-by-minute action below:

Juventus vs Chelsea

• Juventus: Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Bentancur, Locatelli, Rabiot; Chiesa, Bernardeschi
• Chelsea: Mendy; Christensen, Thiago Silva, Rudiger; Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso; Havertz, Lukaku, Ziyech
• GOAL! Chiesa hammers Juventus into lead, 11 seconds after restart, 1-0!

[29 September 2021 20:32 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

31 mins:That wasn’t far away! Bernardeschi lobs the ball out to Rabiot on the left-hand side. The French international chops back onto his right foot and hammers an effort narrowly over the crossbar.

Mendy was scrambling. Chelsea looking a little rattled in this last 10 minutes.

[29 September 2021 20:29 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

All the possesh but no succesh.

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[29 September 2021 20:28 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

28 mins: Nice move from Juventus as Cuadrado feeds it into Bernardeschi who in turn finds Chiesa inside the penalty area. The Italy forward tries to drag the ball onto his right foot on the turn but skews it harmlessly wide.

Juventus growing.

[29 September 2021 20:26 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

26 mins: Haven’t seen nearly enough of Ziyech or Havertz so far. Chelsea’s attacks have come mainly in the form of Alonso down the left looking for Lukaku.

Chelsea’s possession is now up to 71 per cent and yet they haven’t mad any meaningful shot on goal.

Havertz tries to make something happen as he skips into the box but De Ligt superbly slides into to take the ball away from him.

[29 September 2021 20:23 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

23 mins: Chelsea happily claim possession back but they need to start moving the ball faster. They have bossed the game so far and yet the best two chances have come for the home side.

Juventus do look extremely dangerous on the break, particularly given Chelsea are committing a lot of men forward.

[29 September 2021 20:22 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

20 mins: So close for Juventus!

Another sloppy pass from Kovacic is almost punished. He gifts the ball to Chiesa and the Italian storms past the challenge of Rudiger towards goal to the right-hand side of the penalty area. He looks up and doesn’t really have anything to aim at in the middle so takes the shot on but it whistles past the far post.

Very, very fortunate there, Chelsea.

[29 September 2021 20:19 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

19 mins: Yellow card for Marcos Alonso. That was absolutely ridiculous from the Chelsea defender. He chases a ball down but Cuadrado sees it out of play professionally. Alonso then proceeds to push the Juventus man’s head down to the floor. Clear booking. He now has to be careful for more than 70 minutes.

[29 September 2021 20:17 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

16 mins: That’s loose though! Kovacic plays a woeful crossfield ball which Rabiot intercepts and suddenly Juventus have a two-on-one situation!

Rabiot looks up and spots Bernardeschi striding forward but can only clip it way too far in front of him as Mendy safely gathers.

Waste.

[29 September 2021 20:16 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

15 mins: Nearly 70 per cent possession for the visitors so far. They have utterly bossed the game without creating any real chances.

[29 September 2021 20:14 · Dylan Terry]

Juventus 0-0 Chelsea

14 mins: Little lull in proceedings as Chelsea regroup and reassess this Juventus block in front of them.

Cuadrado, Bernardeschi and Chiesa are rotating positions as they all try their hand at leading the line. None have been successful so far. It looks as though Bernardeschi is playing as the focal point, but their attack looks a little more fluid than Chelsea, who clearly have Lukaku as their main man.