Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE digital coverage of tonight's early Champions League kick-off, as Zenit welcome Chelsea to the Gazprom Arena. Team news to follow...
Champions League / Group Stage
Gazprom Arena / 08.12.2021
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Updated 08/12/2021 at 19:41 GMT
16:58
Thomas Tuchel has made eight changes to his Chelsea side who suffered defeat on Saturday to West Ham, most notably Romelu Lukaku making his first start since returning from injury.
The Blues need to match Juventus' result tonight to finish top of Group H.
16:55
Chelsea face familiar opposition tonight in former Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren, who captains Zenit this evening.
16:50
A much changed side from Chelsea, who have already qualified from Group H.
CHELSEA: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta (C), Christensen, Sarr, James, Saul, Hudson-Odoi, Barkley, Mount, Werner, Lukaku
Subs: Mendy, Bettinelli, Alonso, Silva, Rudiger, Loftus-Cheek, Havertz, Pulisic, Ziyech
16:46
Here's the team news from the Zenit camp...
ZENIT: Kerzhakov, Karavaevm Lovren (C), Rakitskiy, Santos, Barrios, Malcolm, Kuzyaev, Wendel, Claudinho, Azmoun
Subs: Mostovoy, Byazrov, Khotulev, Erokhin, Krugovoy, Odoevskiy, Ozdoev, Sutormin, Kravtsov, Kuznetsov, Dzyuba