Emma Byrne
Former Arsenal and Brighton goalkeeper on Disney+

Austria Vienna are looking sharp. They've started fast and furious. They're good at carrying the ball - certainly matching Chelsea. Definitely a team not to be complacent about.

Chelsea’s only previous meeting with an Austrian side in the Women’s Champions League ended in a 6-0 win over St. Polten in the league phase last season.

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A first chance for Chelsea as Alyssa Thompson is far too quick for the Vienna defence down the right flank and she pulls the ball back and Wieke Kaptein's side-footed effort is saved just in front of the post by Jasmin Pal.

Patricia Pfanner of Austria Vienna has the first shot on the game, but it is straight at Livia Peng in the Chelsea goal and he comfortably catches the ball.

Austria Vienna captain Carina Wenninger, moving forwards from a centre-half position, wins a corner off Keira Walsh, but Chelsea clear their lines, thanks to a strong header from Kadeisha Buchanan.

Austria Vienna's first task will be to be competitive, something Swiss side Servette failed to do earlier today in their home game against former champions Lyon, who cruised to an 8-0 win.

In the other teatime game, Belgian side OH Leuven held Roma to a 0-0 draw, with the Italians hitting the post with a last-minute penalty that would have won them the game.

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter

It's unclear whether they live in London or have travelled but there is a group of away supporters dressed in purple with their own block.

They have horns to help them make a bit of noise against the home fans.

It's a huge day for Austria Vienna in their first match against English opposition and first in the Champions League proper.

Away we go. The visitors start the game.

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor on Disney+: "The experience in this competition is really important.

"I had the chance to win the competition as a player and as a manager, for sure you need to have great players on the pitch but also the experience from these big games is really important because the games sometimes are defined by fine margins and you need to be really focused in those moments of the game."

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter

Club-record Chelsea signing Naomi Girma completed part of the warm-up on her own at Cherry Red Records Stadium.

It remains unclear why the United States international has yet to establish herself as a regular in west London.

Manager Sonia Bompastor suggested it was partly down to adaptation to English football and fitness concerns, but Girma's place on the bench against Austria Vienna only adds further intrigue.

Sally Freedman
BBC Sport senior journalist

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A three-minute advert break during a Women's Champions League game on Tuesday was not scheduled, Disney+ confirmed.

Arsenal and HB Koge were drawing 0-0 in the second half yesterday when coverage was interrupted.

It was one of several technical issues during the coverage, which fans said was "gimmicky" and "undermines" women's football. One guest was a dog with 137,000 Instagram followers.

Disney confirmed it was an unintended interruption caused by a technical issue and understood the frustration caused. It was making steps to ensure it did not happen again.

The coverage also featured a vegetable platter being served and a rotating floor.

Alex Scott hosted the first show of the season, alongside former England forward Lianne Sanderson, content creators Alex Bailess and Tyra Mills, and a dog called Barley Boy.

There was no explanation for his presence on set other than his Instagram following.

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Arsenal's Mariona Caldentey scores a stoppage-time penalty to secure a 1-0 victory for the Gunners at home to Danish side HB Koge in the first game of their Women's Champions League campaign.

Manchester City produced a superb recovery as they fought back from 2-0 down on their return to the Women's Champions League to draw against Bayern Munich in Germany.

Chelsea are the third English team to play in this season's Women's Champions League, so let's have a quick look at how the other two got on yesterday...

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter

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When you arrive at the Cherry Red Records Stadium, you first see signage for AFC Wimbledon but as you arrive, there are plenty of Chelsea logos.

I was greeted by Chelsea's mascots Stamford and Bridget the lions, with merchandise on sale in one of the kiosks.

There is one stand open at this high quality League One stadium as Chelsea play their first competitive match.

They had a trial run for a match against Real Sociedad in qualifying.

This will be Austria Vienna's first ever game in the main phase of the Women’s Champions League, becoming the fourth Austrian side to participate in the competition after Neulengbach, St. Polten and SK Sturm Graz.

However, Austria Vienna did win three qualifying ties to get to this stage, defeating Croatian side Hadjuk Split 3-2, Farul Constanta of Romania 5-0 and Norwegian outfit Brann 5-2 on aggregate over two legs.

Austrian sides are winless across their past 21 games in the main stage of the competition (drawn three, lost 18), since St. Polten’s 1-0 win over Slavia Prague in November 2022.

Meanwhile, English sides have won all five of their meetings with Austrian opponents in the competition by an aggregate score of 17-2.

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter

Sonia Bompastor makes three changes to the Chelsea side that began the 2-0 win over Birmingham City.

Melvine Malard is handed a first start since her move from Manchester United, with starts also for goalkeeper Livia Peng and Katie McCabe, who won this tournament with Arsenal two seasons ago.

Chelsea XI: Peng; Buchanan, Buurman, McCabe; Carpenter, Kaptein, Walsh, Nusken, Thompson; Malard, Baltimore

Austria Vienna XI: Pal, Wenninger, Schiechtl, Kirchberger, Schoffel, Potzl, Pfattner, Weiss, Hanshaw, Uka, Pfanner

Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the Women's Champions League as Chelsea take on Austria Vienna.

The team news is in so let's get going.

For all of the success achieved by Chelsea Women, one thing has eluded them - glory in the Women's Champions League.

Sonia Bompastor's side begin their campaign tonight when they entertain Austria Vienna.

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