Champions League matches in Group G
Factbox on Tuesday's matches in Group G of the Champions League:
Factbox on Tuesday's matches in Group G of the Champions League:
LAZIO v CHELSEA
Lazio are forced to reshuffle at the back with first-choice goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi and defenders Jaap Stam and Massimo Oddo missing.
The injured Peruzzi will be replaced by Matteo Sereni. Stam has a thigh injury while Oddo is suspended after picking up a late yellow card in Lazio's 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge. Portugal defender Fernando Couto should come in for Stam while Luciano Zauri will cover for Oddo.
Lazio, who have four points from their first three games, at least look sharp in attack with strikers Simone Inzaghi and Bernardo Corradi both on target in the impressive 2-1 win against Udinese at the weekend.
Argentina and former Lazio duo Juan Sebastian Veron and Hernan Crespo will be hoping to turn out for Chelsea against their old club, though Crespo needs to prove his fitness to replace Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink up front.
French midfielder Emmanuel Petit (knee) remains on the long-term injury list, while Celestine Babayaro and Mario Stanic have not travelled to Rome.
Central defender Marcel Desailly has a back injury and is struggling to be fit.
Probable teams:
Lazio: 33-Matteo Sereni, 5-Luciano Zauri, 24-Fernando Couto, 11-Sinisa Mihajlovic, 23-Paolo Negro, 14-Stefano Fiore, 6-Ousmane Dabo, 4-Demetrio Albertini, 10-Dejan Stankovic, 21-Simone Inzaghi, 9-Bernardo Corradi.
Chelsea: 23-Carlo Cudicini, 2-Glen Johnson, 13-William Gallas, 18-Wayne Bridge, 26-John Terry, 4-Claude Makelele, 8-Frank Lampard, 11-Damien Duff, 20-Juan Sebastian Veron, 7-Adrian Mutu, 9-Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia).
BESIKTAS v SPARTA PRAGUE
Besiktas striker Ilhan Mansiz should return to the Istanbul side after missing the 2-1 defeat at Sparta through suspension.
Coach Mircea Lucescu is also hoping playmaker Sergen Yalcin and defender Zago are passed fit after the pair missed Friday's goalless draw against Galatasaray due to injury.
Colombian goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba has also picked up a slight injury but has not missed training.
Sparta, second in the group on four points, suffered an embarrassing domestic defeat at mid-table Zlin on Saturday.
Their problems lie in attack with Marek Kincl, Tomas Jun and Igor Gluscevic failing to score in the last four weeks.
Coach Jiri Kotrba is set to stick with his ploy of fielding a lone striker and packing the midfield.
Probable teams:
Besiktas: 1-Oscar Cordoba, 2-Emre Asik, 30-Zago, 5-Ronaldo Guiaro, 3-Tayfur Havutcu, 20-Federico Giunti, 19-Ibrahim Uzulmez, 10-Sergen Yalcin, 9-Daniel Pancu, 17-Kaan Dobra, 26-Ilhan Mansiz.
Sparta: 29-Jaromir Blazek, 4-Pavel Pergl, 8-Tomas Huebschman, 17-Petr Johana, 3-Vladimir Labant, 14-Libor Sionko, 15-Radoslav Kovac, 7-Lukas Zelenka, 20-Jiri Nemec, 8-Karel Poborsky, 9-Marek Kincl or 27-Igor Gluscevic.
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland).