Chelsea vs Hull City, FA Cup: live score updates

Conte might have a happier press conference today. Chelsea have been calm, patient and composed in a game they were heavy favourites to win. 

Hull have been disappointing because regardless of your injury woes, you have to do the simple stuff. And they don't seem able to do them well, or at all. 

Hull have shown more attacking prowess and had more touches in the last three minutes than the previous 44. That says it all...

Fabregas has been reminding everyone in Stamford Bridge of his talents tonight. His passing has been immaculate in this first half.

Cabellero just touched the ball! This is not a drill. It was a weak header but at least it gave him something to do.

Two minutes of added time. Basically 30 seconds for each goal.

And there it is, his first goal for his new club.

The ball bounces around the box and falls to Emerson who crosses at the second attempt, with the ball falling at the feet of the Frenchman. 

Giroud kisses the debutants head to show his appreciation.

Even when Hull do venture into Chelsea's half, you don't sense that anything will happen unless it's a Chelsea mistake. 

Chelsea just playing the ball around the Hull players at the moment as they surely feel confident with their three goal lead. 

Marshall collects a speculative effort and sends it forward and Evandro attempts something, I'm not sure what as it's nowhere near the goal or one of his teammates. He could've just tried to hold it up...

The Brazilian gets his brace and it is far too simple.

Willian plays a back heel into the middle of the park, just outside the box and the visitors should clear it but Giroud is stronger than Dawson and keeps possession to play in his advancing teammate, who makes it 3-0.

The visitors seriously need to get some composure if they are to keep the score at 2-0 until half-time, because at the moment Chelsea are the team that are the Tigers.

And Hull are their prey...

It was coming. Giroud plays in Fabregas and he sends one of those perfect balls up for Pedro. The Spainard brings it down and sends it past Marshall to double their lead. 

Emerson shows that he has the ability to start the attack as his run down the left draws a foul from Meyler. It's just outside the box on the near side but the ref blows for a foul to give Hull a goal-kick. It looks like there was dome pushing from Rudiger. 

A little error from the youngster Ampadu who takes a little too long in his own box but Cabellero is there to clear the danger. He then atones for his mistake by sending a long ball over the top to Willian, who sets up Pedro but Marshall is there to make the easy save.

All Hull's attacks have comes through Irvine, but every time he charges through midfield and then tries to play in Dicko; a blue shirt is there. 

Michael Dawson - who should know better - concedes a silly free-kick to help Chelsea on their way. Willian is running riot through the Tigers defense this evening. And although Hull keep managing to clear the ball, it's only as far as another Chelsea player.

The Blues play is very calm at the moment. They obviously have the majority of possession but they aren't rushing their play. 

Another chance for Giroud as Drinkwater sends a curving ball into the box after collecting Willian's pass but the Frenchman can't get there quick enough. 

A little better. They get a corner and send it to the edge of the box before Stewart tees it up for Irvine but he heads it over. 

Zappacosta passes to Pedro on the edge of the box and he chips it over the Hull defence for Giroud but the striker can't keep it down, despite it being on his left foot. 

Ooh! A very lucky moment for the visitors. Fabregas sends a lovely ball through several Hull players for Pedro, but Marshall manages to get something on it and it's out for a corner.

Another Chelsea break and this time Willian sends a ball across the box for Giroud but the Frenchman wasn't alert to the opportunity. 

Hull get a free kick in the middle of the park and it's too long for anyone. It's a wasteful moment from the visitors who will need to use their deadball situations better if they are to test the current Premier League champions. 

The visitors are playing in a 5-4-1 but they're pretty much stuck in their own half. 

Stewart sends a long ball forward for Dicko, but again, it's no problem for the Chelsea defense. Fabregas takes a short corner and plays a 1-2 with Willian before taking the shot, but Marshall saves down low at his near post. 

Such a silly mistake by Stewart to lose the ball where he did, he should've known the Blues players were surrounding him. But confident from Willian to swing it round Marshall. 

Hull have a little bit of possession but with a lone striker when it does get near the Chelsea box, it's easily cleared by Rudiger. 

Chelsea are already attacking. Hull loss possession about 30 yards out and Willian gets on the ball, twisting around the Tigers defence and curling it in at the far post. 

The home team get us started and Hull are set up like a team who know they will be on the back foot for most of the game. 

The teams are heading out onto the pitch, at a packed Stamford Bridge. 

Who will be one step nearer to that iconic silverware when the final whistle blows?

Is this sign showing us how the goals will be scored tonight? It wouldn't be a surprise with Giroud on the pitch

Regardless of the result, I get the sense that these fans will still enjoy their night. Always good to see decent away support - especially when it's a longer journey. At an awkward time. On an awkward day...

A reminder of both teams

CHELSEA

Caballero; Rudiger, Cahill (c), Ampadu; Zappacosta, Drinkwater, Fabregas, Emerson; Willian, Giroud, Pedro.

Subs: Eduardo, Chalobah, Sterling, Scott, Moses, Hudson-Odoi, Morata

HULL

Marshall, Irvine, Meyler, Dicko, Diomande, Evandro, M. Dawson, Clark, Stewart, Wilson, Macdonald

Subs: McGregor, Grosiki, Toral, Batty, Keane, Campbell and Clackstone

It's another test for the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) tonight. 

The last time it made an appearance at Stamford Bridge it worked in the Blues favour. The officials decided not to overturn Willian's yellow card for simulation.

Will it be decisive tonight?

Hull have made seven changes ahead of their trip to the current Premier League champions, which isn't a huge surprise given their precarious league position.

They are currently 21st in the Championship - one point above the relegation zone - after being relegated from the top flight last season. You'd suspect that Nigel Adkins priorities will be preventing a second consecutive relegation. 

Prior to the game, he said: "It's a challenging scenario, and like I've said we will need a little bit of cup magic to help us."

Emerson Palmieri will make his debut for the Blues tonight. The Brazilian-born Italian defender will wear the number 33 shirt and will just go by his first name.

He tends to play on the left and he gets his first start after joining the club from Roma in the summer. The fee was rumoured to be £17.72m with £8m in add-ons. 

He did play for the Brazilian under-17s but was granted permission to switch to Italy last year. 

This is how the home team will line up this evening...

Chelsea:  Caballero; Rudiger, Cahill (c), Ampadu; Zappacosta, Drinkwater, Fabregas, Emerson; Willian, Giroud, Pedro

Subs:  Eduardo, Chalobah, Sterling, Scott, Moses, Hudson-Odoi, Morata

And the injury-ravaged visitors will start the game like this...

Hull: Marshall, Irvine, Meyler, Dicko, Diomande, Evandro, M. Dawson, Clark, Stewart, Wilson, Macdonald

Subs: McGregor, Grosiki, Toral, Batty, Keane, Campbell and Clackstone

Good evening and welcome to live coverage of the FA Cup fifth round tie between Chelsea and Hull City. 

Chelsea go into their game against Hull City on the back of 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. Antonio Conte will be buoyed by the fact that new signing Olivier Giroud looks to have settled in well, with the Frenchman creating the opening goal for start man Eden Hazard.

They are bidding to win the competition for the eighth time after last lifting the trophy in 2012 when they beat Liverpool 2-1 in the final at Wembley stadium.

Hull boss Nigel Adkins is heading to Chelsea with a mindset of "all to gain, nothing to lose" given his side's injury, ineligibility and suspension worries.

Few expect the struggling Championship side to defeat the reigning Premier League champions in Friday's FA Cup fifth-round encounter at Stamford Bridge. Adkins is having to deal with a spate of absentees and a defensive shortfall, with the on-loan Chelsea trio of Michael Hector, Ola Aina and Fikayo Tomori unable to face their parent club.

Fellow defenders Stephen Kingsley, Ondrej Mazuch and Moses Odubajo are injured, while Angus MacDonald could be the only senior first-team centre-back available unless Michael Dawson can prove his fitness.

"They're forced changes," Adkins said. "It's not as if we want to make all these changes.

"You get to the fifth round of the FA Cup and you start dreaming about things, don't you?

"I would love to be able to say this is our strongest team to go out there and play, everybody in their best positions, in the formation that's going to suit everybody to give an opportunity to win the game.

"On Friday we will be playing players out of position.

"I haven't got a problem with that, it's the way it is. We've just got to deal with it."

Markus Henriksen, James Weir and Seb Larsson - who is suspended - are also unavailable for the trip to Chelsea, while Kamil Grosicki and Abel Hernandez are coming back from injury.