Champions League matches in Group E

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

PANATHINAIKOS v MANCHESTER UNITED

Panathinaikos will host United without central defender Nassif Morris after the South African picked up a knee injury in Saturday's 1-1 draw away to Olympiakos.

Coach Itzhak Shum is expected to switch from a 5-3-2 to a four-man defence, and add Romanian Lucian Sanmartean to the midfield, as they look for a win that would revive hopes of third place and a UEFA Cup berth.

United captain Roy Keane did not travel to Greece and manager Alex Ferguson said the midfielder had a slight hamstring strain. However, Keane is expected to be fit for Sunday's crunch premier league game against championship rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Ferguson has no other fresh injury worries and may recall winger Ryan Giggs to his starting line-up after the Wales international was used only as a substitute in last Saturday's league win over Blackburn.

Nicky Butt could replace Keane, with Ferguson also adding youngsters Neil Wood, Danny Pugh and Paul Tierney to his squad.

Probable teams:

Panathinaikos: 1-Antonis Nikopolidis, 2-Rene Henriksen, 5-Yourkas Seitaridis, 8-Yiannis Goumas, 30-Takis Fyssas, 20-Angelos Basinas, 14-Raimondas Zutautas, 35-Jan Michaelsen, 18-Lucian Sanmartean, 11-Dimitris Papadopoulos, 19-Michalis Konstantinou.

United: 14-Tim Howard, 2-Gary Neville, 22-John O'Shea, 5-Rio Ferdinand, 27-Mikael Silvestre, 3-Phil Neville, 8-Nicky Butt, 25-Quinton Fortune, 15-Kleberson, 10-Ruud Van Nistelrooy, 11-Ryan Giggs.

Referee: Jan W Wegereef (Netherlands).

VFB STUTTGART v RANGERS

VfB Stuttgart, who extended their unbeaten run in the Bundesliga to 13 games and consolidated their league lead with a 3-1 victory over Hanover 96 on Saturday, will be missing central defender Marcelo Bordon.

The Brazilian is recovering from groin surgery and will be out of action until the end of the year.

The surprise Group E leaders, who would make sure of advancing to the knockout stages with a draw, welcome back Croatia midfielder Jurica Vranjes, fit again after nursing a sore thigh muscle.

Portugal defender Fernando Meira, who missed Saturday's game through suspension, was also expected to return to action.

Rangers have been ravaged by injury in recent weeks and their problems increased in Saturday's 3-0 league win over Aberdeen when influential Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta was ruled out for two weeks with a calf muscle problem.

Captain Craig Moore, Ronald de Boer, Steven Thompson, Christian Nerlinger and Robert Malcolm are also unable to play in a match Rangers must win to keep alive hopes of a place in the last 16 place.

Defender Zurab Zhizanishvili and winger Nuno Capucho will be pressed into action despite struggling with 'flu at the weekend.

Probable teams:

Stuttgart: 1-Timo Hildebrand, 2-Andreas Hinkel, 6-Fernando Meira, 3-Timo Wenzel, 21-Philipp Lahm, 20-Zvonimir Soldo, 8-Jurica Vranjes, 16-Horst Heldt, 15-Alexander Gleb, 22-Kevin Kuranyi, 19-Imre Szabics.

Rangers: 1-Stefan Klos, 2-Fernando Ricksen, 25-Henning Berg, 15-Zurab Khizanishvili, 18-Michael Ball, 16-Paolo Vanoli, 27-Stephen Hughes, 4-Emerson, 10-Michael Mols, 7-Shota Arveladze, 26-Peter Lovenkrands.

Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain).