xG, big chances, touches and duels are ESPN's numbers; other sites' models can differ a little.
ESPN has no formation for this match, so here are the line-ups as a list.
A 93rd minute goal from Marek Kincl means Sparta Prague will join them in the Second Round, Besiktas enter the UEFA Cup and, surprisingly, it is Lazio who leave empty handed
Chelsea top the group with a very professional performance amid troubles on the terraces. Ranieri's men deserved this result, with Bridge and Hasselbaink taking their goals well
And there goes the final whistle
Chelsea are just playing out time en route to the second round
Bridges hopeful punt over the top is a waste
Besiktas in a rush now, but it's too little too late
Chelsea are in complete control now, only a third for Claudio Ranieri's men looks likely
Toilet roll is still coming onto the pitch, even at this late stage
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Last 1 meeting
ESPN has no formation for this match, so here are the line-ups as a list.
xG, big chances, touches and duels are ESPN's numbers; other sites' models can differ a little.
A 93rd minute goal from Marek Kincl means Sparta Prague will join them in the Second Round, Besiktas enter the UEFA Cup and, surprisingly, it is Lazio who leave empty handed
Update from Prague - the hosts have taken the lead in the 93rd minute so now, as it stands, Besiktas are OUT
Bridge powers his shot across goal into the bottom right-hand corner, fantastic strike and victory looks assured. Bridge's first goal for Chelsea
GOAL!!!!!
Johnson cuts inside and finds Hasselbaink in space. He holds the ball up and squares intelligently for Bridge...
The score remains goalless in Prague with not long to go now, so Besiktas look set to advance anyway
Chelsea look happy to pass the ball around now, unhappy off the pitch, but very happy on it
Another change for Chelsea now, Wayne Bridge coming on for Celestine Babayaro
Ahmed Hassan comes on for Yasin Sulun
The Chelsea bench has been forced to put up a barracade of umbrella's to protects themselves from the missiles being thrown by Besiktas fans
Hasselbaink finished with aplomb, sidefooting the ball past Cordoba to open the scoring
GOAL
Duff steps forward with purpose, he feeds in Hasselbaink with a sublime through ball...
The Besiktas fans are now so quick with the whistles, with Chelsea on top
Lampard tries a trademark drive from outside the box, but fires well wide
Tumer Metin comes on for Sergen Yalcin
Johnson pushes Ibrahim, free-kick
Pancu again tries from distance, and again only finds Cudicini's gloves
Hasselbaink's corner falls to Geremi on the edge of the box, but his effort is blocked
Jesper Gronkjaer, carrying a knock, surprisingly given the quality of that run, is replaced by Damien Duff
Gronkjaer bursts past his man and shows fine pace to get into the area, he pulls it back to Geremi on the edge of the box and he brings a good save out of Cordoba. Corner
Panzu tries one from distance and it's easy for Cudicini
Besiktas make a change, with Okan Koc coming on for Kaan Dobra
Sergen is tackled on the edge of the box, Makelele gets in with a challenge and it almost runs for Ilhan - but Chelsea clear
Gronkjaer beats Dobra and crosses for Hasselbaink, who's header lacks power and Cordoba collects
Terry bursts forward, but his progress is halted outside the box by the challenge of Dobra
Chelsea remain on top, but a goalless draw looks a good bet
Johnson does well to skip past his made and Hasselbaink just fails to make sufficient contact with a stooping header. Ronaldo allows him a second bite of the cherry, but Cordoba collects
The fans appear to have calmed down but, bar the odd flying toilet roll
Hasselbainks delivers from the left this time, it's headed out as far as Geremi who shoots wide at the first attempt
Ronaldo puts Babayaro's cross behind for a corner
Gronkjaer's cross from the left eventually finds Lampard on the edge of the box, who fires straight into the arms of Cordoba
This game is now six-and-a-half minutes behind the Sparta v Lazion game - handing the advantage to Besiktas
Gronkjaer is given offside from Makelele's raking long ball
Chelsea remain comfortable and Besiktas look for goal
Lampard brings down Ibrahim, free-kick
A blue flare how now gone off in Cudicini's goalmouth, football hard to concentrate on right now
A firework now explodes on the touchline
Free-kick to Chelsea. Hasselbaink delivers from the right, Gronkjaer can't quite get there and Ibrahim eventually clears
As soon as we kick off, more toilet paper is thrown on - the match is going on while stewards are on the pitch!
Now we're finally underway in the second half
Frisk finally brings the players back on - now flares, which are banned, are being lit
There's a banner of 'Terrorist UEFA' in the stand, protesting against the game's move to Germany
Your views on this? newsdesk@soccernet.com - and put 'Besiktas fans' in the subject field
Frisk has order the players off the pitch - disgraceful from the Turkish fans
Furious referee Anders Frisk has words with the stadium director
It's cleared away - and straight away the fans start to hurl more onto the pitch.
The kick-off is delayed due to the amount of toilet paper thrown onto the pitch. One corner of the pitch is completely obscured
Chelsea have been the better side, despite the behaviour of the Turkish fans in the stadium, without really opening up Besiktas on a regular basis
And there goes the half-time whistle
One minute to be added on
Pancu finds himself in the clear, through on goal, but he somehow manages to blaze it over the bar. Besiktas should be ahead against the run of play
Hasselbaink takes from the right, it's a good cross but Johnson can't get enough on the header
Geremi opts to strike it, his effort loops off the back of Tayfur and it's another corner
Emre pushes Hasselbaink, free-kick from 30 yards out.
Ibrahim is a little dazed after being caught accidentally by Johnson, no free-kick and play on
Sergen is offside again, this time he looks a little perplexed
Now Hasselbaink is pelted as he prepares to take the corner, one which is eventually cut out at the near post
Hasselbaink tries a snap shot from the edge of the D, it clips Ronaldo and goes behind for a corner
Sergen is offside as he looks to turn and run
Lampard gets space for a shot from the edge of the area, it's close but just over the crossbar
Cudicini is getting showered with objuects from the crowd, as are any players who take corners or free-kicks out wide
Zago tries a shot from over 30 yards, one which is always rising and finishes up way over the bar
Hasselbaink floats it into the box, but, eventually, Cordoba can pick up the loose ball
Lampard is tugged back, free-kick on the right flank
Ilhan returns to the fray at last, will there be any retribution?
Hasselbaink is offside following a good ball from Makelele
Ilhan wants to come back on, but the fourth official refuses as he is still bleeding and his shirt is stained
Ibrahim is sent crashing to to the turf by Johnson, and he's lucky not to get a booking
Besiktas down to ten for the moment, and Chelsea push forward. Gronkjaer crosses across the face of goal and Babayaro just fails to get there ahead of Ronaldo
Ilhan has to go off with blood pouring down his face, but the contact looked accidental
Ilhan goes down under a challenge from Terry is furious - he claims an elbow, but no free-kick
Makelele uncharacteristically loses possession in the centre circle
Besiktas have no time on the ball, being closed down quickly by blue shirts
Ilhan breaks into the box and fires an effort straight at Cudicini, who collects at the second attempt
The whistles from the mass of Turks in the stadium whenever Chelsea have the ball is deafening. Very intimadating inside the Arena Auf Schalke
Ilhan tries a ludicrous flick to get past Desailly on the byline and gives away the goal-kick
Terry fells Sergen, free-kick
Hasselbaink tries to feed in Lampard but the England star just can't get control of the ball - he was nearly through
This is good from Chelsea, they're getting on top
Gronkjaer breaks through into the box and goes down under the block from Zago and Ibrahim. The linesman indicates it was a dive and Gronkjaer enters the book
Hasselbaink delivers from the left and Tayfur's error leaves Babayaro though on goal - but Cordoba does excellently to rush out and block the effort
Geremi brilliantly picks out Gronkjaer on the right this time. He checks inside to cross only to see Dobra head clear
Hasselbaink fails to get on the end of a superb Gronkjaer cross from the left. He opted not to go for it, thinking the defender would get there first. It has to go down as an opportunity
It's been a cagey start, no shots as yet
"Hello, we love Alpay" reads a banner among the Turkish fans. Still no love lost between Turkey and England
Gronkjaer goes flying after a challenge from Emre - referee Frisk waves on and orders the Dane to get up
Geremi does well in the box, Chelsea enjoying possession, he turns nicely in the box but can't find a blue shirt
The offside flag goes up against Babayaro on the left flank
Geremi tries to find Hasselbaink into the box only for Ronaldo to head clear
There's only 335 Chelsea fans in a crowd of 52,000 - it's a hostile atmosphere for the Blues
Ibrahim's cross from the right is too deep, and Babayaro clears
Hasselbaink brings down Emre, free-kick
Desailly intercepts Ibrahim's cross after he had managed to beat Johnson
Sergen does brilliantly outside the box, but his ball through to Ilhan has too much pace and Cudicini collects
Good work from Johnson holds up the Turkish attack
Besiktas get us underway
Unpredictable coach Claudio Ranieri has surprised everyone with his formation, reverting to a back three of John Terry, William Gallas and skipper Marcel Desailly. He also rests Romanian striker Adrian Mutu, who was a booking away from suspension, and goes with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Jesper Gronkjaer up front
<B>Besiktas: </b>Cordoba, Asik, Guiaro, Zago, Havutcu, Sulun, Dobra, Pancu, Uzulmez, Yalcin, Mansiz. <p><b>Chelsea: </b>Cudicini, Johnson, Gallas, Desailly, Terry, Babayaro, Geremi, Makelele, Lampard, Gronkjaer, Hasselbaink. <p><b>Referee: </b>Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Can the 'neutral' fans at the Arena Auf Schalke inspire the Turkish champs to a repeat of their victory at Stamford Bridge? Find out with live commentary here from 19.45 GMT
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| +9 |
| 9 |
| 3 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 12 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 13 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 14 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
| 15 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| 16 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 17 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 21 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 22 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| 23 | 3 | −3 | 3 |
| 24 | 3 | −3 | 3 |
| 25 | 3 | −3 | 3 |
| 26 | 3 | −4 | 3 |
| 27 | 3 | −4 | 3 |
| 28 | 3 | −5 | 3 |
| 29 | 3 | −5 | 3 |
| 30 | 3 | −5 | 3 |
| 31 | 3 | −6 | 2 |
| 32 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
| 33 | 3 | −4 | 1 |
| 34 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
| 35 | 3 | −6 | 0 |
| 36 | 3 | −12 | 0 |
Chelsea top the group with a very professional performance amid troubles on the terraces. Ranieri's men deserved this result, with Bridge and Hasselbaink taking their goals well
And there goes the final whistle
Chelsea are just playing out time en route to the second round
Bridges hopeful punt over the top is a waste
Besiktas in a rush now, but it's too little too late
Chelsea are in complete control now, only a third for Claudio Ranieri's men looks likely
Toilet roll is still coming onto the pitch, even at this late stage
Update from Prague - the hosts have taken the lead in the 93rd minute so now, as it stands, Besiktas are OUT
Bridge powers his shot across goal into the bottom right-hand corner, fantastic strike and victory looks assured. Bridge's first goal for Chelsea
GOAL!!!!!
Johnson cuts inside and finds Hasselbaink in space. He holds the ball up and squares intelligently for Bridge...
The score remains goalless in Prague with not long to go now, so Besiktas look set to advance anyway
Chelsea look happy to pass the ball around now, unhappy off the pitch, but very happy on it
Another change for Chelsea now, Wayne Bridge coming on for Celestine Babayaro
Ahmed Hassan comes on for Yasin Sulun
The Chelsea bench has been forced to put up a barracade of umbrella's to protects themselves from the missiles being thrown by Besiktas fans
Hasselbaink finished with aplomb, sidefooting the ball past Cordoba to open the scoring
GOAL
Duff steps forward with purpose, he feeds in Hasselbaink with a sublime through ball...
The Besiktas fans are now so quick with the whistles, with Chelsea on top
Lampard tries a trademark drive from outside the box, but fires well wide
Tumer Metin comes on for Sergen Yalcin
Johnson pushes Ibrahim, free-kick
Pancu again tries from distance, and again only finds Cudicini's gloves
Hasselbaink's corner falls to Geremi on the edge of the box, but his effort is blocked
Jesper Gronkjaer, carrying a knock, surprisingly given the quality of that run, is replaced by Damien Duff
Gronkjaer bursts past his man and shows fine pace to get into the area, he pulls it back to Geremi on the edge of the box and he brings a good save out of Cordoba. Corner
Panzu tries one from distance and it's easy for Cudicini
Besiktas make a change, with Okan Koc coming on for Kaan Dobra
Sergen is tackled on the edge of the box, Makelele gets in with a challenge and it almost runs for Ilhan - but Chelsea clear
Gronkjaer beats Dobra and crosses for Hasselbaink, who's header lacks power and Cordoba collects
Terry bursts forward, but his progress is halted outside the box by the challenge of Dobra
Chelsea remain on top, but a goalless draw looks a good bet
Johnson does well to skip past his made and Hasselbaink just fails to make sufficient contact with a stooping header. Ronaldo allows him a second bite of the cherry, but Cordoba collects
The fans appear to have calmed down but, bar the odd flying toilet roll
Hasselbainks delivers from the left this time, it's headed out as far as Geremi who shoots wide at the first attempt
Ronaldo puts Babayaro's cross behind for a corner
Gronkjaer's cross from the left eventually finds Lampard on the edge of the box, who fires straight into the arms of Cordoba
This game is now six-and-a-half minutes behind the Sparta v Lazion game - handing the advantage to Besiktas
Gronkjaer is given offside from Makelele's raking long ball
Chelsea remain comfortable and Besiktas look for goal
Lampard brings down Ibrahim, free-kick
A blue flare how now gone off in Cudicini's goalmouth, football hard to concentrate on right now
A firework now explodes on the touchline
Free-kick to Chelsea. Hasselbaink delivers from the right, Gronkjaer can't quite get there and Ibrahim eventually clears
As soon as we kick off, more toilet paper is thrown on - the match is going on while stewards are on the pitch!
Now we're finally underway in the second half
Frisk finally brings the players back on - now flares, which are banned, are being lit
There's a banner of 'Terrorist UEFA' in the stand, protesting against the game's move to Germany
Your views on this? newsdesk@soccernet.com - and put 'Besiktas fans' in the subject field
Frisk has order the players off the pitch - disgraceful from the Turkish fans
Furious referee Anders Frisk has words with the stadium director
It's cleared away - and straight away the fans start to hurl more onto the pitch.
The kick-off is delayed due to the amount of toilet paper thrown onto the pitch. One corner of the pitch is completely obscured
Chelsea have been the better side, despite the behaviour of the Turkish fans in the stadium, without really opening up Besiktas on a regular basis
And there goes the half-time whistle
One minute to be added on
Pancu finds himself in the clear, through on goal, but he somehow manages to blaze it over the bar. Besiktas should be ahead against the run of play
Hasselbaink takes from the right, it's a good cross but Johnson can't get enough on the header
Geremi opts to strike it, his effort loops off the back of Tayfur and it's another corner
Emre pushes Hasselbaink, free-kick from 30 yards out.
Ibrahim is a little dazed after being caught accidentally by Johnson, no free-kick and play on
Sergen is offside again, this time he looks a little perplexed
Now Hasselbaink is pelted as he prepares to take the corner, one which is eventually cut out at the near post
Hasselbaink tries a snap shot from the edge of the D, it clips Ronaldo and goes behind for a corner
Sergen is offside as he looks to turn and run
Lampard gets space for a shot from the edge of the area, it's close but just over the crossbar
Cudicini is getting showered with objuects from the crowd, as are any players who take corners or free-kicks out wide
Zago tries a shot from over 30 yards, one which is always rising and finishes up way over the bar
Hasselbaink floats it into the box, but, eventually, Cordoba can pick up the loose ball
Lampard is tugged back, free-kick on the right flank
Ilhan returns to the fray at last, will there be any retribution?
Hasselbaink is offside following a good ball from Makelele
Ilhan wants to come back on, but the fourth official refuses as he is still bleeding and his shirt is stained
Ibrahim is sent crashing to to the turf by Johnson, and he's lucky not to get a booking
Besiktas down to ten for the moment, and Chelsea push forward. Gronkjaer crosses across the face of goal and Babayaro just fails to get there ahead of Ronaldo
Ilhan has to go off with blood pouring down his face, but the contact looked accidental
Ilhan goes down under a challenge from Terry is furious - he claims an elbow, but no free-kick
Makelele uncharacteristically loses possession in the centre circle
Besiktas have no time on the ball, being closed down quickly by blue shirts
Ilhan breaks into the box and fires an effort straight at Cudicini, who collects at the second attempt
The whistles from the mass of Turks in the stadium whenever Chelsea have the ball is deafening. Very intimadating inside the Arena Auf Schalke
Ilhan tries a ludicrous flick to get past Desailly on the byline and gives away the goal-kick
Terry fells Sergen, free-kick
Hasselbaink tries to feed in Lampard but the England star just can't get control of the ball - he was nearly through
This is good from Chelsea, they're getting on top
Gronkjaer breaks through into the box and goes down under the block from Zago and Ibrahim. The linesman indicates it was a dive and Gronkjaer enters the book
Hasselbaink delivers from the left and Tayfur's error leaves Babayaro though on goal - but Cordoba does excellently to rush out and block the effort
Geremi brilliantly picks out Gronkjaer on the right this time. He checks inside to cross only to see Dobra head clear
Hasselbaink fails to get on the end of a superb Gronkjaer cross from the left. He opted not to go for it, thinking the defender would get there first. It has to go down as an opportunity
It's been a cagey start, no shots as yet
"Hello, we love Alpay" reads a banner among the Turkish fans. Still no love lost between Turkey and England
Gronkjaer goes flying after a challenge from Emre - referee Frisk waves on and orders the Dane to get up
Geremi does well in the box, Chelsea enjoying possession, he turns nicely in the box but can't find a blue shirt
The offside flag goes up against Babayaro on the left flank
Geremi tries to find Hasselbaink into the box only for Ronaldo to head clear
There's only 335 Chelsea fans in a crowd of 52,000 - it's a hostile atmosphere for the Blues
Ibrahim's cross from the right is too deep, and Babayaro clears
Hasselbaink brings down Emre, free-kick
Desailly intercepts Ibrahim's cross after he had managed to beat Johnson
Sergen does brilliantly outside the box, but his ball through to Ilhan has too much pace and Cudicini collects
Good work from Johnson holds up the Turkish attack
Besiktas get us underway
Unpredictable coach Claudio Ranieri has surprised everyone with his formation, reverting to a back three of John Terry, William Gallas and skipper Marcel Desailly. He also rests Romanian striker Adrian Mutu, who was a booking away from suspension, and goes with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Jesper Gronkjaer up front
<B>Besiktas: </b>Cordoba, Asik, Guiaro, Zago, Havutcu, Sulun, Dobra, Pancu, Uzulmez, Yalcin, Mansiz. <p><b>Chelsea: </b>Cudicini, Johnson, Gallas, Desailly, Terry, Babayaro, Geremi, Makelele, Lampard, Gronkjaer, Hasselbaink. <p><b>Referee: </b>Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Can the 'neutral' fans at the Arena Auf Schalke inspire the Turkish champs to a repeat of their victory at Stamford Bridge? Find out with live commentary here from 19.45 GMT
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| +9 |
| 9 |
| 3 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |