Lyon vs Zenit St Petersburg LIVE
Champions League 2019/20 season
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Kick-off time: 5:55pm BST
Lyon begin their Champions League adventure with a home clash against Russian side Zenit tonight.
The Ligue 1 outfit, who finished third last season behind PSG and Lille, made the headlines last season after beating Manchester City in their opening match.
But Zenit, managed by former player Sergei Semak, are making their first appearance in the competition since they reached the last 16 in 2015-16 and will be well up for this clash.
The hosts - now coached by former Arsenal player Sylvinho - have caught the eye with a fresh, young side spearheaded by Netherlands star Memphis Depay and Hossem Aouar and will be hoping to get off to a winning start in front of their home fans.
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Team news and lineups
Lyon: Lopes, Dubois, Marcelo, Denayer, Kone, Thiago Mendes, Tousart, Reine-Adelaide, Traore, Dembele, Depay
Subs: Andersen, Terrier, Aouar, Jean Lucas, Tete, Cornet, Tatarusanu
Zenit St Petersburg: Lunev, Osorio, Ivanovic, Rakitskiy, Douglas Santos, Driussi, Barrios, Karavaev, Zhirkov, Dzyuba, Azmoun
Subs: Kuzyaev, Shatov, Smolnikov, Erokhin, Mammana, Ozdoev, Kerzhakov
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Prediction: Lyon 2-1 Zenit
The French side have looked shaky at the back, especially without Denayer, and are yet to win a league this season.
That will give Zenit some hope of snatching a result. But the attacking exploits of Depay, Moussa Dembele and Bertrand Traore may be too much for the Russian side to handle.
TV channel and live stream information
The match will be televised live on BT Sport/ESPN and can be streamed live online via the BT app and website.
You can follow all the action and analysis on Standard Sport's LIVE blog.
Head to head (h2h) results and history
Zenit won both of the meetings between the two sides when they met in the Champions League group stage in 2015-16.
