Champions League matches in Group D
Factbox on Tuesday's matches in Group D in the Champions League:
Factbox on Tuesday's matches in Group D in the Champions League:
OLYMPIAKOS v JUVENTUS
Olympiakos go into the game after a workmanlike 3-1 victory at Xanthi over the weekend that left them second in the Greek table, a point behind leaders Panathinaikos. Olympiakos coach Oleg Protasov is worried about the fear factor on Tuesday, telling reporters: "Don't be scared, we all know Juventus are a great team but we can't let them eat us up.
Midfielder Neri Castillo's performance at Xanthi is expected to earn the 19-year-old a starting place in an attacking role.
French striker David Trezeguet has recovered from the ankle knock that kept him out of Juve's 2-0 win at Reggina in Serie A on Saturday but with Alessandro Del Piero out of action for several weeks he will be partnered by Marco Di Vaio in attack.
Lippi rested his entire first choice back-line at Reggio Calabria and will welcome back Nicola Legrottaglie to partner Paolo Montero in the centre of defence.
In midfield, Lippi is set to opt for a combative trio of Stephen Appiah, Edgar Davids and Alessio Tacchinardi with Czech Pavel Nedved pushed just behind the front two.
Probable teams:
Olympiakos: 22-Theofanis Katergiannakis, 3-Stylianos Venetidis, 14-Dimitrios Mavrogenidis, 19-Athanasios Kostoulas, 32-Giorgios Anatolakis, 5-Christian Karembeu, 1-Pantelis Kafes, 8-Giorgios Georgiadis, 6-Ieroklis Stoltidis, 11-Predrag Djordjevic, 10-Giovanni.
Juventus: 1-Gianluigi Buffon, 21-Lilian Thuram, 23-Nicola Legrottaglie, 4-Paolo Montero, 19-Gianluca Zambrotta, 18-Stephen Appiah, 3-Alessio Tacchinardi, 26-Edgar Davids, 11-Pavel Nedved, 17-David Trezeguet, 20-Marco Di Vaio.
Referee: Eric Poulat (France).
GALATASARAY v REAL SOCIEDAD
With no injuries or suspensions among first choice players, Turkey's Galatasaray are expected to field a line-up unchanged from the side that went down 2-1 at Juventus two weeks ago.
Fatih Terim's team come off a 2-0 away win away to Adanaspor on Friday and lie fourth in the Turkish first division, five points behind leaders Besiktas.
Sociedad made a winning return to European competition with a 1-0 win over Olympiakos in their opening Champions League Group D match, but lost their first Primera Liga game of the season with a narrow 1-0 defeat to neighbours Athletic Bilbao at the weekend.
Striker Darko Kovacevic, keeper Sander Westerveld and defender Aitor Lopez Rekarte all picked up minor knocks in a typically hard-fought derby clash, but should have no problems making the game in Istanbul.
Former Besiktas forward Nihat Kahveci looks to be back to his best as he returns to his home city to face old rivals Galatasaray, while skilful winger Javi de Pedro should return to the starting line-up after an impressive performance against Bilbao.
Probable teams:
Galatasaray: 1-Faryd Mondragon, 29-Cesar Prates, 3-Bulent Korkmaz, 5-Frank de Boer, 57-Hakan Unsal, 55-Sarioglu Sabri, 8-Joao Batista, 17-Fabio Pinto, 67-Ergun Penbe, 11-Hasan Sas, 10-Hakan Sukur.
Real Sociedad: 25-Sander Westerveld, 14-Aitor Lopez Rekarte, 7-Igor Jauregi, 6-Gabriel Schurrer, 3-Agustin Aranzabal, 8-Valery Karpin, 18-Bittor Alkiza, 4-Xabi Alonso, 10-Javi de Pedro, 15-Nihat Kahveci, 9-Darko Kovacevic.
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany).