Chelsea 0-0 Roma LIVE: Champions League scores including Man Utd, Barcelona & Celtic

Chelsea vs Roma, Benfica vs Manchester United LIVE: Express Sport brings you team news, line-ups, updates and analysis ahead of tonight’s Champions League ties

13: Almost a nightmare for Fazio. The defender switches off and plays a terrible backpass. Morata nearly reaches it but Alisson was off his line quickly.

10: Roma have NOT come here to make up the numbers. Perotti walks straight through Chelsea’s non-existent midfield before firing narrowly over. Not quite sure where David Luiz was…

7: Wasteful. Chelsea spring the counter-attack. Eden Hazard receives the ball through the middle and finds Alvaro Morata, who hits it straight at Alisson. He needed the finesse button…

5: David Luiz a touch over-eager to make an impression midfield. He’s bundled over Edin Dzeko outside the penalty area. Fazio gets a touch but it’s rolled out of play.

3: Cracking atmosphere inside the Bridge tonight. Roma have sold out their allocation, but you probably knew that already. No chances in the early stages.

WE’RE UNDERWAY

1: We’ve kicked off everywhere now folks. This is going to be mayhem!

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

19:43: Not long until the Champions League anthem will blare out around Europe. I intend to sing it at the top of my lungs in the office. Not even close to being in tune, but it’s never stopped me before!

TOTTI’S IN THE HOUSE

19:41: Francesco Totti’s in the house folks. The guy just oozes class in any capacity. In other, less interesting news, Gareth Southgate and Roberto Martinez are here.

BIG RESULT…

19:39: If Chelsea needed any more motivation to win tonight then they have it – Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 with Qarabag. Cracking game, actually. And the Azerbaijani side were down to ten!

TWITTER ROUND-UP

Zach: Just arrived at the Bridge. Absolutely buzzing. Come on you blues!!!

Snow: Just saw the teams. Good news that Morata is back. Bad news Gary Cahill is still the captain, and starts over rudiger.

Adam: I’m confident we can win this one. If we do win & then win a home tie & we should be good to win our group! #MUFC.

LAMPS APPROVES

19:35: Frank Lampard on Antonio Conte’s selection: “It’s great news to have Morata fit. Hamstrings you expect to out for around a month, he’s made it in two or three weeks. I think that combination we saw at Atletico is so important for Chelsea. 

“I think if they’re going to do anything this year, those two up front have to continue with that form. David Luiz, he’s been brought into midfield to thicken up and give another body. In European football it’s such a hard part of the pitch to dominate. He will give them more strength in there.”

DON’T GET ANGRY…

19:30: Jose Mourinho has been priced at 6/4 to become the new PSG boss after the Manchester United manager said that he doesn’t want to finish his career at United.

Having won three trophies in his first season, the 54-year-old looks set to lead the club on their first genuine Premier League title charge since Sir Alex Ferguson departed.

United have been crying out for a figure like Mourinho since the Scot called time on his unprecedented Old Trafford reign – but he doesn’t believe it’s possible any more.

Jose, Neymar, Mbappe, Cavan… objectively it sounds epic.

THE GRUB AIN’T BAD

19:25: Here’s a quick snap of the food being served to journalists at Stamford Bridge. Decorative aubergines? I’m not sure it’s going to catch on…

GOOD OMEN

19:20: Roma won two of their five away fixtures in last season’s Europa League, but, in the Champions League, were without a victory in 10 away matches before the win in Baku.

Roma have won one of their 15 away games in England – at Liverpool in the 2000-01 UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) – losing on nine occasions.

*Swiftly puts Chelsea win into his accumulator…*

GET IN TOUCH

19:15: If you’ve got any thoughts on tonight’s matches, or simply want to tell what an average job I’m doing, let me know.

You can comment at the bottom of the page, or Tweet me using the hashtag #ExpressSport.

TWITTER ROUND-UP

Wade: I didn’t want Cahill within a 100 mile radius of the first team tonight. Error after error. Rudiger is far more reliable.

Shubham: Champions League Night! Indeed an important match at an important time… Need to get back to winning ways. No more Excuses! #CFC

Fred: My gut feeling tells me Jose Mourinho is going to go defensive again tonight. The bus will be parked.

BAYERN MUNICH vs CELTIC

19:10: This will either go very right, or very, very wrong…

Celtic face another daunting challenge when they take on German giants Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena tonight.

Against Paris St-Germain in their Group B opener, the Scottish champions were left looking like a pub side as the big-spending French giants ran riot with a merciless 5-0 drubbing.

But last time out against Anderlecht, Celtic were much more like the classy outfit fans are used to seeing in domestic action under Brendan Rodgers. 

Whatever Celtic turn up tonight, I’m sure they’ll have bags of character… #BestJokesOf2015…

THE SESHHHH

19:05: Good to see Manchester United supporters enjoying the delights of Lisbon. It really is one of the best cities in Europe.

BARCELONA vs OLYMPIAKOS

19:03: Barcelona XI: ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Digne, Paulinho, Busquets, Iniesta, Messi, Luis Suarez, Deulofeu.

Subs: Cillessen, Nelson Semedo, Rakitic, Denis Suarez, Mascherano, Alcacer, Andre Gomes.

Olympiakos: Proto, Elabdellaoui, Botia, Nikolaou, Koutris, Gillet, Romao, Zdjelar, Carcela-Gonzalez, Odjidja-Ofoe, Androutsos. 

Subs: Kapino, Tachtsidis, Fortounis, Djurdjevic, Vukovic, Engels, Pardo.

Referee: William Collum.

ANDERLECHT vs PARIS ST-GERMAIN

19:00: Anderlecht XI: Sels, Appiah, Mbodji, Deschacht, Dendoncker, Kums, Trebel, Onyekuru, Gerkens, Teodorczyk, Hanni.

Subs: Boeckx, Josue Sa, Stanciu, Chipciu, Bruno, Beric, Obradovic.

PSG XI: Areola, Dani Alves, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Kurzawa, Verratti, Thiago Motta, Rabiot, Mbappe-Lottin, Cavani, Neymar.

Subs: Trapp, Di Maria, Meunier, Yuri, Lo Celso, Draxler, Pastore.

Referee: Pavel Kralovec.

THE ITALIAN CONNECTION

18:55: Yep, it’s just like the French connection but more fashionable and less aloof.

Antonio Conte’s third game in Europe as Chelsea boss pits him against his compatriots.

It is Chelsea’s first meeting with Italian opponents since 2012-13, when Roberto di Matteo’s side drew at home with Juventus and lost in Turin.

The sack followed on the way home for the Italian, whose side had come from behind to beat Napoli en route to winning the 2012 European Cup just six months previously.

Chelsea have won five, drawn two and lost two of their home matches with Italian clubs.

BENFICA vs MANCHESTER UNITED

18:50: After going without Champions League football last season, May’s Europa League triumph in Stockholm brought around a timely return to European football’s top table.

Things could scarcely have got off to a better start in Group A, with a 3-0 opening-day win at home to Basel followed by a 4-1 triumph at CSKA Moscow.

Jose Mourinho said United were “almost there” in terms of reaching the knockout stages after the victory in Russia and can go closer still tonight.

CHELSEA vs ROMA

18:45: Alvaro Morata starts! The Spanish forward has been passed fit and will lead the line this evening. Elsewhere it looks like David Luiz will be playing in midfielder with Andreas Christensen at centre-back.

Chelsea XI: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill (c), David Luiz, Zappacosta, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Alonso, Hazard, Morata.

Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Scott, Kenedy, Pedro, Willian, Batshuayi.

Roma XI: Alisson, Peres, Fazio, Kolarov, Nainggolan, Gonalons, Strootman, Gerson, Dzeko, Perotti.

Subs: Skorupski, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Moreno, De Rossi, Under, Florenzi, El Shaarawy.

Referee: Damir Skomina.

BAYERN MUNICH vs CELTIC

18:40: And here’s the starting XI’s at the Allianz Arena. Jupp Heynckes isn’t messing around. Tried and tested…

Bayern Munich XI: Ulreich, Kimmich, Hummels, Boateng, Alaba, Robben, Rudy, Thiago, Coman, Muller, Lewandowski.

Subs: Starke, Sule, Rodriguez, Rafinha, Vidal, Tolisso, Friedl.

Celtic XI: Gordon, Gamboa, Lustig, Boyata, Tierney, Roberts, Ntcham, Brown, Sinclair, Armstrong, Griffiths.

Subs: De Vries, Bitton, Dembele, Rogic, Ajer, McGregor, Forrest.

Referee: Sergei Karasev.

BENFICA vs MANCHESTER UNITED

18:35: OK, here’s Jose Mourinho’s starting XI folks. Good chance for Victor Lindelof to impress.

Benfica XI: Svilar, Douglas, Luisao, Dias, Grimaldo, Pizzi, Fejsa, Filipe Augusto, Salvio, Jimenez, Goncalves.

Subs: Julio Cesar, Lopez, Samaris, Jonas, Seferovic, Zivkovic, Cervi.

Manchester United XI: de Gea, Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Blind, Mata, Ander Herrera, Matic, Rashford, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku.

Subs: Romero, Jones, Martial, Lingard, Young, Darmian, McTominay.

Referee: Felix Zwayer.

THE DECIDER

Updates and analysis from our reporter Lewis Winter.

18:33: Chelsea’s two games against Roma will decide which team qualifies out of Champions League Group C with Atletico Madrid, according to ESPN FC pundit and former Venezuela international Alejandro Moreno.

Chelsea have won their opening two games in the group, against Qarabag and Atletico Madrid, while Atletico drew their other match away to Roma, so only have one point from their two games.

However, Moreno still believes the La Liga giants will qualify so it is between Roma and Chelsea for the other spot.

“The importance of this match, I can’t stress it enough. They play Chelsea vs Roma and the next round is going to be Roma against Chelsea,” he said.

“Let’s not forget that in this same group you have Atletico Madrid. We expect them to make it into the next round. One of these two teams are going to be out. So this group will be defined in the next couple of games.”

TEAM NEWS KLAXON

18:25: We’ll have all those starting XI’s for you shortly folks. Alvaro Morata is expected to return from a hamstring injury, but you never know… Yep, that’s just me trying to build the suspense.

ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE…

18:20: Obviously our main focus will be on the events that unfold at Stamford Bridge, but we’re also building-up to tonight’s other games.

Manchester United will look to continue their 100 per cent start to the Champions League group stage at Benfica.

Celtic face a daunting trip to Bayern Munich, Barcelona welcome Olympiakos to the Nou Camp, and Juventus, who are in the midsts of a mini-crisis, go toe-to-toe with Sporting Lisbon in Turin.

If tonight’s fixtures were a buffet, I’d probably eat myself to death.

EVENING

18:15: Welcome to our LIVE Champions League coverage of Chelsea vs Roma from Stamford Bridge.

Well, there’s no other way of putting it. We are absolutely bloody smashing it in Europe right now.

Napoli, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid are among the list of heavyweights currently eating our dust.

But can we keep it that way?

Antonio Conte will certainly hope so. The Premier League champions are looking to bounce back from Saturday’s shock defeat to Crystal Palace against a very resilient Roma.

It’s going to be a cracking evening. Let’s get going!