ROME, ITALY - JANUARY 23: Valentin Castellanos of Lazio celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's third goal during the UEFA Europa League 2024/25 League Phase MD7 match between S.S. Lazio and Real Sociedad de Futbol at Stadio Olimpico on January 23, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
ROME, ITALY - JANUARY 23: Valentin Castellanos of Lazio celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's third goal during the UEFA Europa League 2024/25 League Phase MD7 match between S.S. Lazio and Real Sociedad de Futbol at Stadio Olimpico on January 23, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
Taty Castellanos and Nuno Tavares could both be poised to return to the Lazio starting XI when the Biancocelesti take on Viktoria Plzen in theEuropa League round of 16 second leg on Thursday evening.
Castellanos has missed the last five matches with an adductor injury, but Baroni confirmed in hispre-match press conference that the Argentine will be involved in the Europa League on Thursday night, although it remains to be seen whether he will be deemed fit enough to start.
The same goes for Nuno Tavares at left-back after sitting out of the 1-1 draw with Udinese in Serie A over the weekend.
There will be no Nicolo Rovella in the Lazio line-up as he misses out through suspension, so Matias Vecino is expected to partner Matteo Guendouzi in midfield instead.
Mattia Zaccagni, Pedro and Gustav Isaksen are all expected to start in attack, behind either Castellanos or Boulaye Dia.
Kick-off is due at 17.45 GMT.
Lazio vs. Viktoria Plzen: Probable line-ups
**Lazio (4-2-3-1):**Provedel; Marusic, Patric, Romagnoli, Tavares; Guendouzi, Vecino; Isaksen, Pedro, Zaccagni; Castellanos
Viktoria Plzen (3-4-2-1): Jedicka; Dweh, Markovic, Jemelka; Memic, Cerv, Kalvach, Cadu; Sulc, Durosinmi; Vydra.
Where to watch Lazio vs. Viktoria Plzen
Tonight’s game will be available to watch TNT Sports 8 and online through Discovery+. Supporters in the USA will be able to tune via Paramount+. The game will be shown live on Sky in Italy.
Join us for the pre-match build-up, in-game coverage and post-match reactions on the Football Italia Liveblog.
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