Lazio and Atalanta aim to qualify for the Europa League Round of 16. Check out the probable line-ups for their games against Porto and Olympiacos.
Both matches kick off at 17.45 UK time. Lazio see Ciro Immobile return to action but are without Pedro, Manuel Lazzari and Mattia Zaccagni. Lucas Leiva is favourite to start over Danilo Cataldi in midfield. Maurizio Sarri’s side lost 2-1 in Portugal last week.
Immobile has 23 goals in 29 appearances across all competitions. Three in six Europa League games.
New signing Jovane Cabral will start his first game for Lazio.
Atalanta must cope without Aleksey Miranchuk, José Luis Palomino, Luis Muriel, Duvan Zapata and Josip Ilicic.
Giuseppe Pezzella or Davide Zappacosta will be picked at left-back, Matteo Pessina or Mario Pasalic will play with Ruslan Malinovskyi behind Jeremie Boga.
Atalanta won the reverse fixture 2-1 last week, thanks to a brace from Berat Djimsiti.
Probable line-ups
Lazio vs. Porto
Lazio (4-3-3): Strakosha; Marusic, Luiz Felipe, Patric, Radu; Milinkovic, Leiva, Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Cabral.
Porto (4-4-2): Diogo Costa; Joao Mario, Mbemba, Pepe, Zaidu; Otavio, Uribe, Grujic, Pepe; Fabio Vieira, Toni Martinez.
Olympiacos vs. Atalanta
Olympiacos (3-4-2-1): Vaclik; Papastathopoulos, Manolas, Cisse; Lala, M Camara, M’Vila, Reabciuk; A Camara; Masouras; Tiquinho.
Atalanta (3-4-2-1): Musso; Toloi, Demiral, Djimsiti; Hateboer, de Roon, Freuler, Zappacosta; Pasalic, Malinovskyi; Boga.
Good chance both will get knocked out. Atalanta are favourites, but their form is poor. They’ll need to turn it on tonight.
Who knows with Lazio? They usually falter when they meet a half decent team. Porto favs in this tie.
Hopefully all 3 Italian sides get through, because they’ll have a much higher chance of winning it with Barca and Porto out of the way.