Hello and welcome to the Europa League quarter final, first leg clash between Slavia Prague and Chelsea. Kick off 20:00 BST.

STAT: Olivier Giroud is the leading scorer in this competition this term with nine goals to his name. The last player to reach double figures in a EL campaign was Athletic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz in 2015-16.

Slavia Prague defender Vladimir Coufal: "We are extremely saddened by the fact that three of our sectors will be closed. Hopefully, it will be a lesson for everyone involved and such a situation will never happen again."

There will be parts of the Sinobo Stadium that will be closed to supporters tonight after Slavia were punished for disturbances during their last 32 clash with Genk in February.

This will be the first competitive meeting between Slavia Prague and Chelsea. The last time they beat an English side in Europe was when they defeated Leeds by a 2-1 scoreline in the UEFA Cup back in 2000. However, they were still knocked out at the quarter final stage after losing 3-0 at Elland Road.

Slavia boss, Jindrich Trpisovsky: "We are talking about a club that plays in the Premier League and challenges for trophies year in, year out. Their qualities are indisputable and I honestly think that Chelsea is the best defensive team in Premier League."

Maurizio Sarri: "We need to be very compact and to defend very well. Especially on crosses because they attack the box with five or six players, and they are dangerous on counter-attacks. They scored six goals in two matches against Sevilla and it won't be easy for us."

No real surprise to see Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri make seven changes from the Monday night victory over West Ham. Match-winner and talisman Eden Hazard is on the bench along with the likes of N'Golo Kante, Gonzalo Higuain and David Luiz as Sarri keeps one eye on Sunday's PL trip to Liverpool. There are starts for Christensen, Willian, Barkley, Pedro and Giroud.

CONFIRMED TEAMS - SLAVIA PRAGUE: Kolar, Coufal, Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Deli, Boril, Traore, Kral, Masopust, Sevcik, Stoch, Olayinka... Subs: Zmrhal, Husbauer, Van Buren, Kudela, Skoda, Frydrych, Kovar. /// CHELSEA: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, Alonso, Kovacic, Jorginho, Barkley, Pedro, Giroud, Willian... Subs: Caballero, Zappacosta, Luiz, Kante, Loftus-Cheek, Hazard, Higuain.