Champions League matches on Wednesday
Team news and probable line-ups for Wednesday's Champions League first knockout round second leg matches:
Team news and probable line-ups for Wednesday's Champions League first knockout round second leg matches:
MONACO v LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW
Monaco can count on in-form Fernando Morientes to overturn a 2-1 deficit as they host Lokomotiv Moscow on Wednesday.
The Ligue 1 leaders, who beat En Avant Guingamp 3-1 on Friday, will be without playmaker Ludovic Giuly, who has a foot injury, and centre back Sebastien Squillaci, who has a leg problem.
Lokomotiv welcome back South African left back Jacob Lekgetho from suspension, but they will miss influential midfielder Dmitry Khokhlov who damaged his back in the 2-1 win over the French Ligue 1 leaders.
Defender Dmitry Sennikov remains doubtful after breaking his nose in the first leg and missing last Thursday's 1-1 draw against Rubin Kazan in the Russian Cup.
Probable teams:
Monaco: 30-Flavio Roma, 4-Hugo Ibarra, 27-Julien Rodriguez, 32-Gael Givet, 3-Patrice Evra, 7-Lucas Bernardi, 15-Andreas Zikos, 25-Jerome Rothen, 9-Dado Prso, 10-Fernando Morientes, 24-Emmanuel Adebayor.
Lokomotiv: 1-Sergei Ovchinnikov, 4-Jacob Lekgetho, 14-Oleg Pashinin, 16-Vadim Yevseyev, 17-Dmitry Sennikov or 2-Gennady Nizhegorodov, 41-Sergei Gurenko, 7-Marat Izmailov, 8-Vladimir Maminov, 10-Dmitry Loskov, 30-Malkhaz Asatiani, 32-Mikheil Ashvetia.
Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal).
ARSENAL v CELTA VIGO
The premier league leaders head into the second leg leading 3-2 and a resounding 5-1 FA Cup quarter-final win over Portsmouth. That Victory was achieved without winger Robert Pires and forward Dennis Bergkamp, rested with an eye on the Celta clash.
Striker Sylvain Wiltord (ankle) and midfielder Ray Parlour (knee) are still out through injury, but experienced defender Martin Keown is available.
Celta's Juanfran, Everton Giovanella and Eduardo Berizzo are all injured but coach Radomir Antic will be able to call on goalkeeper Pablo Cavallero, who suffered a broken nose in the first leg, and fit again midfielder Jesuli.
Celta had just about the worst possible preparation for this game, suffering a humiliating 5-1 home league defeat by fellow strugglers Espanyol that left them in the relegation zone.
Probable teams:
Arsenal: 1-Jens Lehmann, 12-Lauren, 28-Kolo Toure, 23-Sol Campbell, 3-Ashley Cole, 8-Fredrik Ljungberg, 4-Patrick Vieira, 19-Gilberto, 7-Robert Pires, 10-Dennis Bergkamp, 14-Thierry Henry.
Celta Vigo: 1-Pablo Cavallero, 2-Juan Velasco, 23-Sergio, 4-Fernando Caceres, 3-Silvinho, 20-Jesuli, 22-Peter Luccin, 16-Jose Ignacio, 19-Edu, 10-Alexander Mostovoi, 9-Savo Milosevic.
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy).
REAL MADRID v BAYERN MUNICH
Real have been badly hit by injury and suspension, with Brazilians Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos definitely ruled out and Raul struggling
Ronaldo is out for two weeks after suffering a thigh strain in Saturday's 1-1 draw against Racing Santander, a result that cut his side's lead at the top to six points, while Roberto Carlos starts a two-match suspension.
Raul missed the Racing game with an ankle injury and is struggling to face the Germans, while the loss of Roberto Carlos means a start at left-back for Raul Bravo, with Francisco Pavon coming into central defence alongside Ivan Helguera.
Coach Carlos Queiroz hopes to play Raul up front alongside midfielder Guti, with Zinedine Zidane playing more centrally in midfield.
Dutch striker Roy Makaay, who scored twice in Bayern's 3-1 Bundesliga victory at Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, will be the man to watch for Real.
The Bundesliga champions remained second, seven points behind Werder Bremen by beating Leverkusen. French defender Willy Sagnol broke his left arm in the game but will try to play on Wednesday wearing a splint. If he cannot, Hasan Salihamidzic should step in at right back.
French defender Bixente Lizarazu and Peru striker Claudio Pizarro are expected to shake off injuries.
Probable teams:
Real: 1-Iker Casillas, 2-Michel Salgado, 6-Ivan Helguera, 22-Francisco Pavon, 15-Raul Bravo, 10-Luis Figo, 23-David Beckham, 5-Zinedine Zidane, 21-Santiago Solari, 14-Guti, 7-Raul.
Bayern: 1-Oliver Kahn, 2-Willy Sagnol (or 20-Hasan Salihamidzic), 4-Samuel Kuffour, 5-Robert Kovac, 3-Bixente Lizarazu, 23-Owen Hargreaves, 6-Martin Demichelis, 13-Michael Ballack, 11-Ze Roberto, 14-Claudio Pizarro, 10-Roy Makaay.
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
AC MILAN v SPARTA PRAGUE
AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf has a muscle strain and is likely to be replaced by Massimo Ambrosini.
Filippo Inzaghi's scored in Milan's 3-1 win over Sampdoria at the weekend and he is expected to start alongside Andriy Shevchenko in attack.
Serbian striker Igor Gluscevic is missing due to an ankle injury, and coach Jiri Kotrba will probably deploy just a lone striker.
This could mean a Champions League debut for Tomas Sivok as recent signing Petr Vorisek is ineligible and three other defensive midfielders, including former Czech Republic skipper Jiri Nemec, left the club during the winter break.
Probable teams:
Milan: 12-Dida, 2-Cafu, 13-Alessandro Nesta, 3-Paolo Maldini, 4-Kakhaber Kaladze, 8-Gennaro Gattuso, 21-Andrea Pirlo, 23-Massimo Ambrosini, 22-Kaka, 7-Andriy Shevchenko, 9-Filippo Inzaghi.
Sparta: 29-Jaromir Blazek, 4-Pavel Pergl, 16-Tomas Huebschman, 17-Petr Johana, 3-Vladimir Labant, 8-Karel Poborsky, 15-Radoslav Kovac, 7-Lukas Zelenka, 2-Tomas Sivok, 10-Rastislav Michalik, 24-Jiri Stajner.
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany).