Malmo vs Chelsea: Europa League latest score, goals and updates
MALMO 0-0 CHELSEA
Malmo XI: Antonsson, Bachirou, Bengtsson, Dahlin, Nielsen, Rieks, Ronseberg, Safari, Traustason, Vindheim
Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Luiz, Emerson, Jorginho, Kovacic, Barkley, Willian, Giroud, Pedro
- Maurizio Sarri makes five changes from Manchester City defeat
MALMO 0-0 CHELSEA
3: Very foggy night in Malmo tonight. Cesar Azpilicueta is immediately in the thick of the action when blocking Rieks’ cross behind.
Safari’s cross alludes everyone and finds Nielsen waiting at the back post, he pulls the trigger but Jorginho deflects it wide. String start from the hosts.
MALMO 0-0 CHELSEA
1: No rest for the wicked, fresh from watching Arsenal get beaten by BATE Borisov – I’m here to bring you LIVE coverage of Chelsea’s clash with Malmo.
It’s the first competitive encounter between these two sides. Malmo have not played a competitive game since the Europa League group stage ended in December.
Then again, nor had BATE before they just shocked the Gunners.
MALMO vs CHELSEA
Under-pressure Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri takes his Chelsea side to Malmo looking to recover from Sunday’s embarrassing 6-0 loss to Manchester City.
Left-back Marcos Alonso has been rested, while Ruben Loftus-Cheek has suffered a recurrence of a back problem.
Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has scored four goals in his last three Europa League games – but January signing Gonzalo Higuain is expected to spearhead the attack.
Chelsea provisional squad: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Willy Caballero, Jamie Cumming, Antonio Rudiger, Cesar Azpilicueta, Davide Zappacosta, Ethan Ampadu, Andreas Christensen, David Luiz, Emerson, N’Golo Kante, Mateo Kovacic, Jorginho, Ross Barkley, Eden Hazard, Willian, Pedro, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Gonzalo Higuain, Olivier Giroud.