Now World ViewHello and welcome to football.london for live coverage from Copenhagen as Chelsea take on the first-leg of their Conference League round of 16 tie.
The Blues are in the Danish capital as they look to progress into the quarter-finals and lay down a market to the rest of the competition. A win today would be crucial for Chelsea, who are the current favourites to win the tournament, to get into the last eight, with the return leg next week at Stamford Bridge.
Enzo Maresca’s only chance of a trophy in his debut season with the club relies on the west Londoners winning the Conference League. However, as the competition progresses, the level of opposition tends to increase and Chelsea may well face their most difficult test yet against Copenhagen.
We will wait and see on that. You can follow live coverage of the match and follow every kick of the ball right here with football.london. Kick-off is at 5:45pm GMT (6:45pm local time).
Key Events
- Half-time player ratings18:33
- Half-time18:33
- KICK-OFF17:45
- TEAM NEWS16:34
- Welcome15:45
18:48Bobby Vincent
Underway
Back underway and Maresca has made three subs. On come Fernandez, Colwill and Nkunku for Caicedo, Badiashile and Mheuka.
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18:33KEY EVENT
Half-time player ratings
Robert Sanchez – 6
Trevoh Chalobah – 6
Tosin Adarabioyo – 6
Benoit Badiashile – 6
Malo Gusto – N/A (off injured on 24 minutes)
Reece James – 5
Moises Caicedo – 6
Tyrique George – 5
Cole Palmer – 5
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – 5
Shim Mheuka – 5
Substitute – Marc Cucurella – 6
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18:33KEY EVENT
Half-time
Goalless at the break. One real shot from Chelsea and that came through Palmer, with George's header at the end not really here nor there. It has all been very pedestrian from a Chelsea point of view and that has made it easy for Copenhagen to sit in and look to break on the visitors.
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18:31Bobby Vincent
Two minutes added
Not long to go before the break.
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18:21Bobby Vincent
Too easy
This has been far too easy for Copenhagen thus far. A lack of intent from Chelsea on the attack. Plenty of passes, but most of them have been sideways or backwards. The hosts have had it all too easy so far.
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18:09Bobby Vincent
Injury blow
We're 24 minutes in and Gusto cannot continue. He went down a few minutes ago in pain and has tried to run it off. Cucurella, however, is about to replace the Frenchman.
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17:59Bobby Vincent
So close
Palmer nearly has the opener. Ball coming over his shoulder, he swivels and volleys it and it goes just wide of the post.
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17:57Bobby Vincent
Slow start
Not too much has happened so far. As you would expect, Chelsea have seen lots of the ball but Copenhagen are happy enough to sit in a low block and try to entice the Blues.
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17:50Bobby Vincent
First half chance
First attack of the game for the hosts and Achouri ends up shooting straight at Sanchez.
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17:48Bobby Vincent
Chelsea shape…
Mheuka, as expected, is through the middle as the No.9. Either side of the 17-year-old are George (right) and Dewsbury-Hall (left), with Palmer in the No.10.
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17:45KEY EVENT
KICK-OFF
Underway in Copenhagen.
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17:41Bobby Vincent
Teams are out
Unbelievable atmosphere at the Parken Stadium as the two teams walk onto the pitch.
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17:33Bobby Vincent
Teams are in
The two sides have completed their warm-ups and have now headed down the tunnel as we approach kick-off. Big game for Chelsea, this.
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17:16Bobby Vincent
Some noise
The noise coming from my left is deafening.
Copenhagen players just out to warm up. Imagine if they score. pic.twitter.com/6JV6apnOyC
— Bobby Vincent (@BobbyVincentFL) March 6, 2025
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17:03Bobby Vincent
Atmosphere is building
Around 45 minutes until kick-off at it’s already very loud. pic.twitter.com/CiqddJILw5
— Bobby Vincent (@BobbyVincentFL) March 6, 2025
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16:58Bobby Vincent
Fancy a bet?
Odds via Betfair:
Copenhagen 4/1
Draw 23/10
Chelsea 1/2
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16:34KEY EVENT
TEAM NEWS
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Chalobah, Tosin, Badiashile, Gusto; James, Caicedo, Dewsbury-Hall; Palmer, George, Mheuka.
Chelsea subs: Jorgensen, Bergstrom, Acheampong, Colwill, Cucurella, Fernandez, Amougou, Neto, Sancho, Nkunku.
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16:12Bobby Vincent
FIFA windfall
Chelsea are in line for a slice of a whopping $1billion prize fund as they gear up for this summer's Club World Cup.
FIFA, the organisers, have revealed details of the largest ever prize pot in club football for the newly-expanded 32-team tournament. In addition to the $1bn (£776.8million) set aside for participating teams, it is understood that an extra $100m (£77.6million) will be reserved for solidarity payments to clubs who haven't qualified.
Read more here.
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16:06Lee Wilmot
Team news
A number of players have already dropped hints ahead of kick-off in the Danish capital tonight.
Here you can see what’s been said on social media and how the team could look this evening.
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15:16Lee Wilmot
The odds
Chelsea are overwhelming favourites not just for this last 16 clash but to win the Conference League outright.
But let's focus on tongiht shall we.
Here are the latest odds from Betway.
Match result:
- FC Copenhagen – 9/2
- Draw – 14/5
- Chelsea – 4/7
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15:05Lee Wilmot
How to watch
If you're able to watch the game tonight – please enjoy watching while having another device locked on to football.london – we've got all the details you need right here.
But of course, if you can't we've got you covered with live up to the minute updates right here.
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14:40Lee Wilmot
Copenhagen run
Copenhagen reached this stage thanks to an impressive comeback win over Heidenheim in the play-off round.
The Danish side had finished 18th in the Conference League table and were drawn to play Heideneim over two legs, losing the first leg at home 2-1 before storming back with a 3-1 win in the away fixture.
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14:15Bobby Vincent
Predicted line-up
A difficult XI to predict for this evening's game, but Bobby Vincent has given it a good go.
Will Cole Palmer play a big part in the Conference League now he is in the squad? Will Moises Caicedo play tonight and be taken out of the side on Sunday afternoon?
There are numerous questions to ask – and we have tried to answer them in our predicted line-up below.
Read more here.
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13:50Bobby Vincent
Every word from Enzo
Enzo Maresca conducted his pre-match press conference on Wednesday evening ahead of Chelsea's clash with Copenhagen tonight.
Taking the hotseat at the Parken Stadium, Maresca spoke about the following:
- Cole Palmer's role in Europe
- The goalkeeper situation
- Difference in preparation for knockout games
- Thoughts on the opposition
- And much more
Read the full transcript below.
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KEY EVENT
Welcome
Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Chelsea's Conference League round of 16 first-leg tie against Copenhagen.
The Parken Stadium is the venue as the Blues look to progress into the last eight of the European competition – in what is their only chance of winning silverware this season.
You can follow live coverage of the game right here, with continuous updates throughout the afternoon/evening.
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