Champions League matches in Group H
Factbox on Tuesday's matches in Group H of the Champions League:
Factbox on Tuesday's matches in Group H of the Champions League:
CELTA VIGO v AJAX AMSTERDAM
Celt should welcome back Juanfran after a knee injury. If passed fit, he is likely to play in midfield rather than in his customary left-back slot, with Gustavo Lopez still some way short of full fitness.
Coach Miguel Angel Lotina also has an injury worry over Eduardo Berizzo (back), while Jose Igancio will again be missing from midfield as he serves the final game of a three-match ban.
Ajax coach Ronald Koeman believes that three points from their last three matches will be good enough to send his side, who top the group with six points, through to the knockout phase.
Koeman has a number of injury headaches though with Jelle van Damme, Steven Pienaar, John O'Brien and Hatem Trabelsi all absent. Skipper Rafael van der Vaart, who is serving a three-match domestic ban, is available to play.
Probable teams:
Celta Vigo: 13-Jose Manuel Pinto, 8-Angel, 4-Fernando Caceres, 23-Sergio, 3-Sylvinho, 20-Jesuli, 22-Peter Luccin, 21-Jandro, 14-Juanfran, 10-Alexander Mostovoi, 9-Savo Milosevic.
Ajax Amsterdam: 1-Bogdan Lobont, 16-Nigel de Jong, 4-Julien Escude, 23-Zdenek Grygera, 15-Maxwell, 12-John Heitinga, 6-Tomas Galasek, 10-Rafael van der Vaart, 18-Wesley Sneijder, 9-Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 19-Wesley Sonck.
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France).
CLUB BRUGES v AC MILAN
Club Bruges, who stunned Milan with a 1-0 win at the San Siro a fortnight ago, have injury doubts over goalkeeper Dany Verlinden and midfielder Philippe Clement.
An arm injury forced Verlinden to miss Saturday's 2-0 league defeat at Lokeren and either Tomislav Butina or Stijn Stinjen will deputise if he fails to recover.
Clement has a leg injury and is set to be replaced by Ukrainian Sergiy Serebrennikov.
European champions Milan have omitted striker Filippo Inzaghi from their squad. The Italian international has missed Milan's last two matches because of a thigh injury.
Danish striker Jon Dahl Tomasson, who scored in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Juventus, should stand in for Inzaghi alongside Andriy Shevchenko.
In midfield, Gennaro Gattuso returns from a two-match ban to take his place on the right, while 21-year-old Brazilian Kaka resumes the playmaker's role behind Tomasson and Shevchenko.
Probable teams:
Club Bruges: 1-Dany Verlinden, 2-Olivier De Cock, 26-Birger Maertens, 3-Timmy Simons, 4-David Rozenhal, 5-Peter Van Der Heyden, 10-Nastja Ceh, 17-Ivan Gvozdenovic, 16-Sergiy Serebrenniko, 11-Sandy Martens, 18-Andres Mendoza.
AC Milan: 12-Dida, 2-Cafu, 13-Alessandro Nesta, 3-Paolo Maldini, 26-Giuseppe Pancaro, 8-Gennaro Gattuso, 21-Andrea Pirlo, 20-Clarence Seedorf, 22-Kaka, 15-Jon Dahl Tomasson, 7-Andriy Shevchenko.
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany).