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Champions League matches in Group B

Team news and probable team line-ups for Wednesday's Champions League matches in Group B:

Team news and probable team line-ups for Wednesday's Champions League matches in Group B:

ARSENAL v DYNAMO KIEV

Arsenal will be without skipper Patrick Vieira with a longstanding thigh problem, while defender Martin Keown is still out with a calf injury. Dennis Bergkamp, who missed the away leg which Arsenal lost 2-1 a fortnight ago due to his fear of flying, will compete with Sylvain Wiltord for a place in the starting line-up.

Dynamo Kiev arrive in London after a five-game winning streak, including their victory over the English premier league leaders in Kiev.

The Ukrainian champions will be missing experienced defender Yuri Dmitrulin, ruled out with a chest injury.

But fellow Ukraine international full back Andriy Nesmachny, who sat out last Saturday's 2-1 league win over Vorskla Poltava with a minor leg injury, is expected to start.

Probable teams:

Arsenal: 1-Jens Lehmann, 12-Lauren, 23-Sol Campbell, 28-Kolo Toure, 3-Ashley Cole, 8-Fredrik Ljungberg, 17-Edu, 19-Gilberto, 7-Robert Pires, 11-Sylvain Wiltord, 14-Thierry Henry.

Dynamo Kiev: 1-Olexander Shovkovsky, 3-Serhiy Fyodorov, 26-Andriy Nesmachny, 32-Goran Gavrancic, 35-Goran Sablic, 36-Jerko Leko, 8-Valentin Belkevich, 11-Georgi Peev, 17-Tiberiu Ghioane, 20-Oleg Husev, 16-Maxim Shatskikh.

Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal).

INTER MILAN v LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW

Alberto Zaccheroni will take charge of his first Champions League game since replacing Hector Cuper as Inter coach and is likely to make few changes to the side which beat Chievo 2-0 on Sunday.

Dutch winger Andy van der Meyde and Argentine Kily Gonzalez, who did not feature in Verona, could be in contention for starting places with Francesco Coco and Matias Almeyda possibly making way in a more attacking formation.

Up front, Uruguayan Alvaro Recoba has been Zaccheroni's preferred partner for Christian Vieri and both were on target at Verona.

Lokomotiv Moscow, who ended their Russian league campaign with a 6-0 demolition of lowly Uralan Elista on Saturday, have no injury or suspension worries.

Coach Yuri Syomin has warned his players against an Inter backlash following their emphatic 3-0 victory over the Italians two weeks ago in Moscow.

"Inter's pride took a beating in Moscow, but they'll be a different team in their own back yard. We have to be ready for that," Syomin said.

Probable teams:

Inter: 1-Francesco Toldo, 2-Ivan Cordoba, 23-Marco Materazzi, 17-Fabio Cannavaro, 7-Andy van der Meyde, 4-Javier Zanetti, 5-Belozoglu Emre, 6-Cristiano Zanetti, 77-Francesco Coco (or 18-Kily Gonzalez), 32-Christian Vieri, 20-Alvaro Recoba.

Lokomotiv: 1-Sergei Ovchinnikov, 2-Gennady Nizhegorodov, 4-Jacob Lekgetho, 5-Sergei Ignashevich, 16-Vadim Yevseyev, 17-Dmitry Sennikov, 7-Marat Izmailov, 8-Vladimir Maminov, 10-Dmitry Loskov, 28-Dmitry Khokhlov, 32-Mikheil Ashvetia.

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium).