Heidenheim vs Chelsea LIVE! Conference League match stream, latest score and goal updates today

Heidenheim vs Chelsea LIVE!

The Blues are in Germany tonight looking to continue their fine Conference League campaign, taking on a team who could not be more different in stature. While Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca is just in his sixth month at the helm, Heidenheim boss Frank Schmidt has been in the role since 2007, a remarkable 17 years.

In that time, Schmidt has taken the club from the fifth tier of German football, all the way to the Bundesliga and now European competition. Tonight they host the favourites for the competition in Chelsea in a landmark match for the club, days after facing the Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen in domestic action.

Heidenheim have been no pushovers this season, though, and have won all three of their Conference League games to date, against Olimpija Ljubljana, Pafos and earlier this month Scottish side Hearts. Maresca will need to make sure his ‘B’ team avoid a potential banana skin to maintain their own 100 per cent record in the competition. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from Malik Ouzia.

Heidenheim vs Chelsea latest updates

• Chelsea XI confirmed: Sancho starts, no Felix

• Kick-off time: 5.45pm GMT

• How to watch: TNT Sports

• Score prediction

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:31 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

44 min: Casadei is shown a yellow card as two minutes of added time is signalled.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:28 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

40 min: Omar Traore is shown a yellow card for clipping Mudryk’s heels.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:26 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Standard Sport’s Malik Ouzia

A bizarre bit of refereeing there. He awarded the penalty but it was almost like he knew immediately it wasn’t one because he barely signalled.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:24 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

38 min: Almost a stunning solo goal from Nkunku as he tip-toes his way into the area and gets a shot away but Kevin Muller is equal to the effort.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:21 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

35 min: Check complete, no penalty. No yellow card for Mudryk either.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:19 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

32 min: Mudryk goes down in the penalty area but instead of winning his side a spot-kick, he is set to be shown a yellow card for simulation.

However, the winger does appear to be in considerable pain and VAR is checking this.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:14 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

27 min: Chelsea are having to withstand a lot of pressure, Jorgensen almost goes from hero to zero as he flaps at a corner but the Blues clear their lines.

Then at the other end Christopher Nkunku is put clean through but he gets too much on the dink and the ball goes over the bar.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:12 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

25 min: Big save from Filip Jorgensen as he stops Paul Wanner’s powerful effort at his near post.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:10 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

24 min: From the resulting corner, the ball eventually falls to Badiashile but his effort is wild and doesn’t test Kevin Muller at all.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:09 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

23 min: Muller does really well to palm Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s effort away for a corner.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:07 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

21 min: Leo Scienza does well down Heidenheim’s right-hand side but he can’t pick out a teammate in the box and Jorgensen races off his line to eventually secure the ball.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:04 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Standard Sport’s Malik Ouzia

Chelsea are remarkably deep out of possession. The back-four is very narrow so Mudryk and Sancho are having to go all the way back with the wide players.

They were lined up in a back-six for a minute there.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:03 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

16 min: Another chance for Marc Guiu as the ball fortunately falls to him in the area. He gets decent enough contact on the ball but Muller keeps out the effort with his fee.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

18:01 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

13 min: Heidenheim cut through Chelsea fairly easily and Jorgensen has to make a fine save from Kaufmann to keep the scores level.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

17:58 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Standard Sport’s Malik Ouzia

A similar feel to the early part of this game as Chelsea’s trip to Panathanikos.

The atmosphere was crackling and the home side started pretty well, on the front foot. It fizzled out pretty quickly once Chelsea began to control possession, though. Can they do the same here?

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

17:57 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

10 min: Three chances in quick succession for Marc Guiu, two of which are off target and the other is saved.

Lively start from the Chelsea youngster.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

17:55 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

8 min: Half chance for Chelsea as Renato Veiga pings a long ball over the top and into the path of Marc Guiu.

The youngster can’t get clean contact on the ball and Muller comes to claim it.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

17:54 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

6 min: Chelsea’s first attack sees Dewsbury-Hall combine with Guiu before feeding the ball out to Mudryk whose cross is too close to Muller in the Heidenheim goal.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

17:52 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

5 min: The home fans are in fine voice already as they try to make things as difficult as possible for Chelsea.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

17:49 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

2 min: Kaufmann is inches away from getting on the end of a free-kick. However, Jorgensen watches the ball drop wide of his far post.

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

17:48 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

1 min: Early booking for Benoit Badiashile for a foul. That’s a long time for the central defender to watch his step.

KICK-OFF!

17:46 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

We are underway in this Europa Conference League clash.

Here we go!

17:43 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Players walk through the tunnel and out onto the pitch.

The Europa Conference League anthem will be played, followed by the player handshakes and then kick-off.

Maresca on Sancho return

17:35 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Enzo Maresca has revealed his delight at welcoming Jadon Sancho back into the fold.

The winger makes his first start since October 20 and the Chelsea manager is hopeful of getting a good performance.

“It’s very good news for us, unfortunately he was a little bit ill and he had some problems but now he’s back, he’s fit and hopefully he can help us,” Maresca said.

Not long now!

17:30 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Under 20 minutes to go until kick-off at the Voith-Arena.

Two teams with an 100 per cent winning record in Europe this season, this should be an entertaining game.

Crouch praises Wanner

17:24 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Paul Wanner starts for Heidenheim this evening.

The teenager is on loan from Bayern Munich and Peter Crouch has heard good things about the attacking midfielder - who has been compared to a former Chelsea player.

“This lad here is a hot prospect at the moment, he’s scoring goals, he’s been compared to Kai Havertz at times which will be interesting,” Crouch said on TNT Sports.

Jadon Sancho chance

17:19 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Jadon Sancho was on loan at Borussia Dortmund during the second half of last season, but he missed the game against Heidenheim in February because of illness.

Today, marks his first UEFA competition appearance since starting last season's Champions League final.

The Chelsea dressing room

17:14 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Behind the scenes at the Voith-Arena, as the Chelsea dressing room is prepared ahead of kick-off.

Big night for Dewsbury-Hall

17:09 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Former Chelsea star Joe Cole has picked out Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall as one to watch tonight as the midfielder has been handed a rare start.

“He’s arguably got the most difficult job at the club to displace Lavia, Enzo and Caicedo.

“Big game for him tonight.”

Heidenheim subs

17:02 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Heidenheim substitutes: Eicher, Feller, Busch, Schoppner, Gimber, Breunig, Fohrenbach, Kerber, Beck, Negele, Conteh, Janes

Heidenheim lineup

16:47 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Heidenheim XI: Muller; Traore, Mainka, Siersleben, Theuerkauf; Dorsch, Maloney; Leo Scienza, Wanner, Honsak; Kaufmann

10 changes

16:43 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

As expected, Enzo Maresca has rung the changes for tonight’s game.

There are 10 in total with Benoit Badiashile the only player to retain his place from the side that started the 2-1 win over Leicester City at the weekend.

This means Joao Felix drops down to the bench with Jadon Sancho coming in for his first start since the loss to Liverpool just over a month ago.

Chelsea XI

16:38 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Chelsea XI: Jorgensen; Disasi, Tosin, Badiashile, Veiga; Casadei, Dewsbury-Hall; Sancho, Nkunku, Mudryk; Guiu

Substitutes: Bergstrom, Sanchez, Colwill, Chukwuemeka, Dyer, Rak-Sakyi, George, Joao Felix, Madueke, Mheuka

Chelsea have arrived

16:33 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Chelsea have arrived at the Voith-Arena ahead of their Europa Conference League clash against Heidenheim.

Chelsea form

16:28 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Chelsea have only suffered one defeat in their last seven outings across all competitions, and of course, they have been very impressive in the Europa Conference League.

Europa Conference League score update

16:23 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

There is one half-time score to bring you in the 3.30pm kick-off as Astana lead Vitoria 1-0.

Today's fixtures

16:18 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

It’s another busy night of Europa Conference League action, below is a rundown of all the fixtures.

5.45pm kick-offs

Heidenheim vs Chelsea

Cercle Brugge vs Hearts

Dinamo-Minsk vs Copenhagen

Noah vs Víkingur Reykjavík

St. Gallen vs TSC

Borac vs LASK

Molde vs APOEL

Celje vs Jagiellonia Białystok

Panathinaikos vs HJK Helsinki

The New Saints vs Djurgården

8pm kick-offs

Fiorentina vs Pafos

Lugano vs Gent

Mladá Boleslav vs Real Betis

Olimpija Ljubljana vs Larne

Omonoia vs Legia Warszawa

Rapid Wien vs Shamrock Rovers

Pre-match stroll

16:13 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

The Chelsea players took in the scenery earlier in the day ahead of this evening’s Conference League clash.

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Heidenheim were playing in the fifth-tier of German football as recently at 2007 and tonight they play host to one of European football’s biggest clubs.

Click here to find out more about their remarkable rise.

Reece James injury update

16:03 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Reece James is “getting better day by day” but it remains to be seen how long the defender will be out of action with his latest hamstring injury.

"Yes [he's had a scan],” Enzo Maresca said of the Chelsea captain. “The only thing we can say is that he is getting better day by day.

“We don't know how many days he needs. He's getting better."

Nkunku exit ruled out

15:58 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Enzo Maresca says there are no plans to sell Christopher Nkunku in January, despite the Frenchman’s lack of Premier League action.

"I spoke to Christo [Nkunku] days ago” the Chelsea boss told reporters. “He didn't say he wasn't happy. He would like to play more games, for sure.

“I completely want Christo to stay, there is no idea to allow him to go in January."

Predicted Chelsea XI

15:53 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Enzo Maresca has tended to use the competition to give playing time to those on the fringes of his Premier League XI.

In fact, Cole Palmer, Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, Malo Gusto, Nicolas Jackson, Pedro Neto, Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella, Enzo Fernandez and Reece James will not feature.

This means there could be a start for Jadon Sancho.

Click here for how we expect Chelsea to line up against Heidenheim.

Maresca: "We need to be ready"

15:48 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Enzo Maresca has warned his Chelsea side against complacency in their Conference League clash with Heidenheim.

“I enjoy every game in this competition knowing that every club tries to make it their big game,” he said. The issue for us can be that if we are not ready mentally and we underestimate a team, they can hurt us.

“So we need to be ready.”

This week in Europe

15:43 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

It’s been a good week in Europe for the Premier League sides with Liverpool beating Real Madrid and Arsenal putting five past Sporting CP in the Champions League.

Elsewhere, Aston Villa were denied a last-gasp winner against Juventus and Manchester City let a 3-0 lead slip at home to draw with Feyenoord

Today, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United take centre stage hoping to keep the streak going.

Heidenheim team news

15:38 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

In a huge blow for Heidenheim, they will be without top scorer Marvin Pieringer this evening after he picked up an Achilles injury against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.

Score prediction

15:33 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Heidenheim conceded five to Bayer Leverkusen over the weekend and they could be in for another tough night as the likes of Christopher Nkunku, Joao Felix and Mykhailo Mudryk will be keen to make an impression and

Chelsea to win, 4-1.

Chelsea team news

15:28 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Chelsea will once again rotate, with Enzo Maresca making it clear he will continue to switch between a starting XI for the Premier League and near enough an entirely different lineup for cup competitions.

This means Christopher Nkunku, Joao Felix and Mykhailo Mudryk are all likely to come into the side.

How to watch

15:23 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

TV channel: The game will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate, with coverage starting at 5pm GMT for a 5.45pm kick-off.

Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the Discovery+ app.

LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!

Good afternoon!

15:18 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Hello and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Heidenheim vs Chelsea!

It’s an intriguing clash in the Europa Conference League, as both sides go into the game with 100 per cent winning records in the competition thus far and that means something has to give.

We’ll have all the latest updates, build-up and team news ahead of kick-off, which comes at 5.45pm GMT from the Voith-Arena.