Champions League matches in Group B
Factbox on Tuesday's matches in Group B in the Champions League:
Factbox on Tuesday's matches in Group B in the Champions League:
INTER MILAN v DYNAMO KIEV
Inter will be without central defender Marco Materazzi who picked up a thigh strain in Saturday's goalless draw at Udinese in Serie A so coach Hector Cuper will likely ask Ivan Cordoba to partner Fabio Cannavaro at the back, with Frenchman Jeremie Brechet taking over at left-back.
Argentine winger Kily Gonzalez, who sat out Saturday's game, will return on the left flank at the expense of Brazilian Luciano but Cuper will wait on the fitness of Christian Vieri. The striker could start from the bench after missing Inter's last four matches with a calf injury but will probably save a comeback for Sunday's Milan derby.
With Uruguayan Alvaro Recoba still short of full fitness, Argentine Julio Ricardo Cruz will continue to partner Obafemi Martins in attack.
The Ukrainian champions, who have already lost their international midfielder Andriy Husin for the rest of the year following thigh surgery last week, have other injury worries.
Croatian midfielder Jerko Leko and Brazilian striker Diogo Rincon are doubtful starters in Milan after both picked up injuries in a 4-0 thrashing of city rivals Obolon in a Ukrainian premier division match last Friday.
Rincon, who scored both goals in a 2-0 home win over Lokomotiv Moscow in their Champions League opener, pulled a muscle and was substituted at halftime, while Leko was taken off on a stretcher with concussion eight minutes from time.
Probable teams:
Inter Milan: 1-Francesco Toldo, 4-Javier Zanetti, 17-Fabio Cannavaro, 2-Ivan Cordoba, 31-Jeremie Brechet, 7-Andy van der Meyde, 5-Belozoglu Emre, 6-Cristiano Zanetti, 18-Kily Gonzalez, 9-Julio Ricardo Cruz, 30-Obafemi Martins.
Dynamo Kiev: 1-Olexander Shovkovsky, 3-Serhiy Fyodorov, 6-Yuri Dmitrulin, 26-Andriy Nesmachny, 32-Goran Gavrancic, 2-Alexander Khatskevich 46, 8-Valentin Belkevich, 11-Georgi Peev, 17-Tiberiu Ghioane, 20-Oleg Husev, 16-Maxim Shatskikh.
Referee: Stephane Bre (France).
LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW v ARSENAL
Lokomotiv Moscow, coming off an unconvincing 2-0 home win over Russian premier league strugglers Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz last Thursday, will be without suspended South African midfielder Jacob Lekgetho and Costa Rican striker Winston Parks, who is out for the rest of the year following a knee surgery.
Russian striker Maxim Buznikin has also been ruled out of the match in Moscow after picking up a leg injury in training.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has a combination of injured players and absentees after his side's 3-2 league win over Newcastle United on Friday. Skipper Patrick Vieira has been ruled out by a thigh muscle strain and fellow midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg misses the trip with an ankle sprain.
England defender Sol Campbell is not travelling, having missed training sessions following the death of his father, while Dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp's fear of flying prevents him leaving.
Consolation for Wenger on Monday was that defenders Ashley Cole and Martin Keown have both been passed fit following knocks against Newcastle.
Probable teams:
Lokomotiv Moscow: 1-Sergei Ovchinnikov, 2-Gennady Nizhegorodov, 5-Sergei Ignashevich, 14-Oleg Pashinin, 16-Vadim Yevseyev, 17-Dmitry Sennikov, 7-Marat Izmailov, 8-Vladimir Maminov, 10-Dmitry Loskov, 28-Dmitry Khokhlov, 32-Mikheil Ashvetia.
Arsenal: 1-Jens Lehmann, 12-Lauren, 28-Kolo Toure, 5-Martin Keown, 3-Ashley Cole, 15-Ray Parlour, 19-Gilberto, 17-Edu, 7-Robert Pires, 11-Sylvain Wiltord, 14-Thierry Henry.
Referee: Jan W. Wegereef (Netherlands).