Europa League 9/12/2021. Plenty of British teams playing tonight

Europa League 9/12/2021. Plenty of British teams playing tonight, Rangers, Leicester City, Celtic and West Ham are in action.

Europa League 9/12/2021 – Olympique Lyonnais v Rangers

Lyon may shuffle their pack on Thursday with top spot already secured in Group A.
Jason Denayer came off before half-time at the weekend and is not expected to feature here.
Back-up goalkeeper Julian Pollersbeck will hope to feature on Thursday, while youngsters like Castello Lukeba and Habib Keita are pushing for starts.
Jerome Boateng will be ruled out of Lyon’s first knock-out game if he is booked against Rangers so he won’t be risked here.

Both one caution away from a one-match ban, neither Fashion Sakala nor Alfredo Morelos are likely to feature here with qualification already secured.

Napoli are missing the spine of their team in Kalidou Koulibaly, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Victor Osimhen for Thursday’s welcome of Leicester.
Star duo Fabian Ruiz and Lorenzo Insigne are also both doubts after missing Napoli’s 3-2 defeat to Atalanta through injury at the weekend.
Napoli went to a back three for the first time this season to mirror Atalanta at the weekend but should revert to a back four here if Ruiz and Insigne return.

Leicester are top of Group C but could still crash out with defeat to Napoli. Brendan Rodgers will need to field a strong team if he wants to continue in the competition.
Jamie Vardy was benched against Aston Villa so may well come into the starting XI to face Napoli. Kelechi Iheanacho may also start here in a 3-4-1-2 formation.
James Justin and Youri Tielemans are getting closer to returns but it’s unclear if they will return to face Napoli.
Boubakary Soumare will hope to reclaim his starting spot in midfield but it wouldn’t surprise if Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall kept his place in the side.
Kasper Schmeichel claimed after Leicester’s defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday he may need a scan on his thumb so Danny Ward may be needed here.

Cameron Carter-Vickers is suspended for Celtic due to an accumulation of bookings and will need replacing at centre-back.
Celtic have already been eliminated from the Europa League so Angelos Postecoglou may ring the changes on Thursday night.
Liam Scales scored off the bench at the weekend and the centre-back may be required with his full debut for the club.
Jota missed out completely at the weekend and is unlikely to be risked here.

Nabil Fekir returns from a European and domestic suspension on Thursday if called upon by Real Betis.
As Betis are guaranteed to finish second no matter what happens in midweek, the Spanish side may shuffle their pack against Celtic.
Claudio Bravo, Martin Montoya and Victor Camarasa are all doubts for the away side.

David Moyes will be relieved West Ham are through as group winners as the injuries are now starting to pile up.
West Ham could be very short at the back in the coming weeks after Kurt Zouma and Ben Johnson went off injured in their 3-2 win over Chelsea on Saturday.
Aaron Cresswell was already missing with a back injury, though should be available this coming weekend, while Angelo Ogbonna is out for the season.
Moyes will have to dip into the academy, for someone like Jamal Baptiste, if he wants to rest one of Craig Dawson or Issa Diop with no other senior centre-backs available.
Youngsters like Harrison Ashby, Dan Chesters and Sonny Perkins should get minutes on Thursday with wholesale changes expected.
Said Benrahma and Pablo Fornals were surprisingly benched at the weekend so it wouldn’t be a surprise if they got minutes here.
Summer signing Alex Kral could even make a rare start, while the likes of Mark Noble, Nikola Vlasic and Alphonse Areola should all feature.

Dinamo Zagreb need a result to confirm second spot in Group H so should go with their best available XI on Thursday.
Luka Ivanusec has been moved centrally of late with Luka Menalo playing off the left wing and that may continue here.