Greece v Russia (19:45 BST)

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Greece v Russia

Euro 2012 Group A

Saturday, June 16th 2012, 19:45 BST

Teams:

Greece: Sifakis, Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Tzavelas, Katsouranis, Maniatis, Salpingidis, Karagounis, Samaras, Gekas.

Subs: Chalkias, Malezas, Makos, Liberopoulos, Mitroglou, Fotakis, Ninis, Holebas, Fortounis, Fetfatzidis, Tzorvas.

Russia: Malafeev, Aniukov, Berezutsky, Ignashevich, Zhirkov, Shirokov, Denisov, Glushakov, Dzagoev, Kerzhakov, Arshavin.

Subs: Akinfeev, Sharonov, Izmailov, Pavlyuchenko, Kombarov, Granat, Pogrebnyak, Nababkin, Semshov, Shunin.

Preview:

Greece take on Russia tonight in Euro 2012 Group A on Day Nine of the tournament.

Greece are without goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias (hamstring) so Michalis Sifakis will start tonight's game.

The Greeks are boosted by the return of Sokratis Papastathopoulos, who is available after serving a one-match suspension.

Papastathopoulos' return could mean Kostas Katsouranis moves back into midfield.

Russia have reported no injury concerns, although coach Dick Advocaat could make one or two changes to his starting line-up, with Roman Pavlyuchenko likely to replace misfiring forward Aleksandr Kerzhakov up front.

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