Lazio rely on Ciro Immobile, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Luis Alberto for their Europa League quarter-final with RB Salzburg after their 4-2 victory.

The second leg kicks off in Austria at 20.05 UK time (19.05 GMT), follow the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

Lazio rely on Ciro Immobile, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Luis Alberto for their Europa League quarter-final with RB Salzburg after their 4-2 victory.

The second leg kicks off in Austria at 20.05 UK time (19.05 GMT), follow the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

The Aquile have the opportunity to enter the Europa League semi-finals and edge closer to not only silverware, but also automatic qualification for next season’s Champions League.

They’ll be trying to emulate city rivals Roma, who shocked Barcelona to enter the Champions League semi-finals, and don’t hold back ahead of Sunday’s Derby della Capitale showdown in Serie A.

Marco Parolo and Stefan Radu return from injury, while Luis Alberto and Immobile lead the attack, leaving Felipe Anderson on the bench, perhaps hoping he can run at tired legs in the second half.

There are other factors to consider too, as Milinkovic-Savic, Immobile, Parolo, Dusan Basta, Senad Lulic, Jordan Lukaku and Luiz Felipe are all a yellow card away from suspension.

Before the 4-2 defeat at the Olimpico, RB Salzburg had been undefeated in Europe this season and lost only one match, against Sturm Graz back in August.

They are forced to do without suspended midfielder Diadie Samassekou, but forward Hee-Chan Hwang is available after missing the first leg through a ban.

Reinhold Yabo gets a surprise start this evening in a trequartista role behind Hee-Chan Hwang and Munas Dabbur, as Coach Marco Rose moves from 3-5-2 to a 4-3-1-2 formation.

Many thought Takumi Minamino, who came off the bench to score in the first leg, would take that position.

RB Salzburg: Walke; Lainer, Ramalho, Čaleta-Car, Ulmer; Haidara, Schlager, Berisha; Yabo; Hee-Chan Hwang, Dabbur

RB Salzburg bench: Stankovic, Pongracic, Wolf, Mwepu, Farkas, Minamino, Gulbrandsen

Lazio: Strakosha; Luiz Felipe, De Vrij, Radu; Basta, Parolo, Lucas Leiva, Milinkovic-Savic, Lulic; Luis Alberto; Immobile

Lazio bench: Guerrieri, Caceres, Murgia, Felipe Anderson, Lukaku, Nani, Caicedo

Ref: Skomina (SVN)

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