Hello and welcome to football.london's live coverage of Chelsea's UEFA Conference League encounter against Heidenheim.

Enzo Maresca's side will be looking to make it four wins from four when they return to European action on Thursday evening.

Chelsea hit Noah for eight in their latest Conference League fixture but things will be a bit trickier this time around with Heidenheim also coming into the game following three wins from three in the league phase.

Maresca will as ever rotate heavily in the competition and the Blues will be without a number of key players after electing to leave them behind at their Cobham training base.

Chelsea correspondent Bobby Vincent will be bringing you all the action right here in our live matchday blog as it happens in Germany.

Scroll down for all of our latest updates from the Voith-Arena.

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FULL-TIME

Heidenheim 0-2 Chelsea

It's all over. 100% record for Chelsea continues.

RED CARD

Casadei sent off for a second yellow!

Five added minutes

Not long to go.

More on the goal

A great goal. Sancho gets another assist as he pulls it back to Mudryk, who smashes it into the top corner! Game over.

GOAL! Heidenheim 0-2 Chelsea

MUDRYK!

Big chance

Dewsbury-Hall is played clean through by Sancho but the midfielder sees his shot saved by Muller.

Disallowed goal

Heidenheim think they score but the flag is up for offside on the far side.

Big save

Muller this time. Nkunku on the counter-attack and the Frenchman is clean through. However, the Heidenheim goalkeeper does really well to keep out Nkunku.

Wow

A massive double save from Jorgensen! He has been outstanding tonight. Wanner denied first up and then Scienza but Jorgensen is equal to both.

First Chelsea change

Felix comes on for Guiu for the Blues' first change of the match.

Good save Jorgensen

The Chelsea goalkeeper does well again. Scienza with a low strike but the Dane is equal to it and gathers the ball.

More on the goal

Nkunku is back to his typical deadly self. A great finish after being found by Sancho on the right-hand side. One-nil Chelsea.

GOAL! Heidenheim 0-1 Chelsea

NKUNKU!

Underway

Here we go.

Half-time player ratings

Filip Jorgensen - 7

Axel Disasi - 5

Tosin Adarabioyo - 6

Benoit Badiashile - 5.5

Renato Veiga - 6

Cesare Casadei - 6

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - 6

Jadon Sancho - 6

Christopher Nkunku - 6

Mykhailo Mudryk - 6

Marc Guiu - 6

Marc Guiu in action for Chelsea against Heidenheim (Image: Sebastian Widmann - UEFA )

HALF-TIME

Heidenheim 0-0 Chelsea

Goalless at the break. First-half player ratings are on their way.

Huge chance

Tosin volleys wide. A massive chance to put Chelsea ahead before the break.

Two added minutes

We are in stoppage time in the first-half.

No penalty!

The referee went over to the pitchside monitor and has overturned his initial decision.

Penalty to Chelsea!

Mudryk tripped inside the box and the referee gives a penalty to the visitors.

Good chance for Nkunku

Nkunku one-on-one with Muller and looks to dink the goalkeeper but gets it all wrong. The Frenchman is usually deadly in those positions.

Another big save

This time, Jorgensen is called into action. Honsak's powerful strike is met really well by the Danish goalkeeper. Corner to the hosts.

Big save

A great save from Muller in the Heidenheim goal. Dewsbury-Hall with a fierce effort from range and the goalkeeper does well to get down to his left and tip it wide for a corner.

Another big chance for Guiu

Guiu with another huge opportunity. His low shot this time is well saved by Muller's feet.

It is not Guiu's day

Guiu has had four chances in the space of a couple of minutes or so. The latest two came in the same move. After being played in by Mudryk, Guiu shot and it was well saved by Muller. The ball then falls back to the Spaniard but he drags his low shot wide of the Heidenheim near post.

Mixed start

Heidenheim nearly went ahead very early on but Kaufmann's effort went just wide. Apart from that, as you would expect, the Blues have had the lion's share of possession.

KICK-OFF

Underway in Heidenheim.

Here come the teams

We are almost ready to go here in Heidenheim. The atmosphere is rocking.

Warm-ups

The warm-ups are well underway here in a chilly Heidenheim. The stand to my left is already completely full up - something unusual considering there is still half an hour until we kick off.

The Voith-Arena ahead of Heidenheim vs Chelsea (Image: Alex Grimm)

The atmosphere is building