Lazio must cope without Ciro Immobile and look set to start with Andreas Pereira and Vedat Muriqi up front against Zenit St Petersburg tonight.

The match kicks off at 17.55 UK time and you can follow and take part in the build-up on our Liveblog HERE.

Lazio must cope without Ciro Immobile and look set to start with Andreas Pereira and Vedat Muriqi up front against Zenit St Petersburg tonight.

The match kicks off at 17.55 UK time and you can follow and take part in the build-up on our Liveblog HERE.

Simone Inzaghi’s men followed up an impressive 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund with a 1-1 draw against Club Brugge last week, travelling to Bruges with only 13 first team players available.

The coronavirus tests have left Inzaghi in a similar situation in Russia, as Immobile, Lucas Leiva and Thomas Strakosha couldn’t travel, whilst players like Luis Alberto and Manuel Lazzari are still unavailable.

The Aquile can still side a strong team in front of the 20,000 spectators expected in St Petersburg, with Luiz Felipe, Wesley Hoedt and Francesco Acerbi likely to start in the defensive trident ahead of Pepe Reina in goal.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Marco Parolo and Akpa Akpro are expected in the middle of the park, with Mohamed Fares at left and Adam Marusic at right in a midfield five.

Muriqi and Pereira could be asked to spearhead the Biancocelesti when they continue in Europe tonight.

Zenit have started Group F in a gruesome way and the top seeded team in the group can now count on support from their fans against Lazio.

After the 2-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund followed the Russians 2-1 setback against Club Brugge and coach Sergej Semak revealed Dzyuba will be ready to start for the home side tonight.

Zenit are still looking for their first goalscorer in the Champions League, as the one against Club Brugge in the first round was scored through an own goal.

Lazio (probable): Reina; Luiz Felipe, Hoedt, Acerbi; Marusic, Akpa Akpro, Parolo, Milinkovic, Fares; Pereira, Muriqi

Zenit (probable): Kerzhakov; Karavaev, Lovren, Rakitskyi, Krugovoi; Kuzyaev, Barrios, Ozdoev, Driussi; Azmoun, Dzyuba

Referee: Soares Dias (POR)

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