Liverpool will need to put in a big effort in order to advance to the last-16 of the Europa League when they take on Zenit Thursday at 3 p.m. ET.

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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers will be forced to make at least two changes from the side which beat Swansea City 5-0 on Sunday - with both Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho cup-tied after appearing in Europe earlier in the season for Chelsea and Inter respectively.

Martin Skrtel could come in to face his former club in place of Jamie Carragher, while Joe Allen and Raheem Sterling may well also get an opportunity to impress from the start. Fabio Borini misses out after being ruled out for the rest of the season after dislocating his shoulder against the Swans.

For the visitors, Luciano Spalletti could well name the same starting line-up as that which started the first-leg tie in Russia. This would mean scorer Sergey Semak will again have to settle for a place on the bench.

Axel Witsel is poised to start in midfield alongside Danny and Igor Denisov, while Hulk will again be expected to support Aleksandr Kerzhakov by coming in from his wide position.

Likely Lineups:

Zenit: Malafeev, Anyukov, Neto, Hubocan, Lombaerts, Witsel, Danny, Denisov, Shirokov, Kerzhakov, Hulk

Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Enrique ,Gerrard, Lucas, Allen, Sterling, Suarez, Downing