PORTO V LAZIO LIVE UPDATES - LATEST EUROPA LEAGUE SCORE

It seems to be the Brazilian acting as the false nine for the Italians here. Porto havean early corner as Mario wins the set piece after Radu blocks his cross.

We're underway.

... as the anticipation builds.

Here are the two teams for those that missed them:

Porto: Costa, Mario, Mbemba, Pepe, Sanusi, Otavio, Uribe, Grujic, Vieira, Aquino, Martinez.

Lazio: Strakosha, Marusic, Felipe, Patric, Radu, M-Savic, Lucas, Alberto, Anderson, Pedro, Zaccagni.

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Porto and Lazio have only met once before in European competition, in the UEFA Cup semi-final in 2002-03 which saw Jose Mourinho's side progress to the final, beating Celtic 3-2 in the final.

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As for Maurizio Sarri's men, they're in a 4-3-3, but missing their key man Ciro Immobile up top, and winger Pedro will instead fill the central striking void. Mattia Zaccagni and Felipe Anderson are either side of him, with the central midfield trio bolstered by the inclusion of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic to its right, and he's supported in there by Lucas Leiva and Luis Alberto, the former Liverpool pair. In defence, Patric and Luiz Felipe are the central partnership, and Adam Marusic is to the right, with Stefan Radu on the left.

Let's analyse these team selections, shall we?

It seems to be a 4-4-2 as head coach Sergio Conceicao likes to adopt, with Diogo Costa shielded by a back four of Chancel Mbemba and Pepe in the centre, flanked by Joao Mario and Zaidu Sanusi. In the engine room, Marko Grujic is partnered with Matheus Uribe, and the Colombian will be given more licence the Serb to venture forwards and support attacking moves. On the flanks, Otavio and Fabio Vieira support the front two of Pepe Aquino and Toni Martinez.

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