Line-ups: Shakhtar-Athletic

Ernesto Valverde makes two changes to the Athletic Bilbao side to play Shakhtar Donetsk in the Basques’ penultimate Champions League fixture.

Athletic can’t finish any higher than third in Group H but are in the running for a Europa League place, with BATE Borisov going into the fifth round of fixtures two points better off than Valverde’s side.

But BATE have already lost 3-0 to Porto and a win in Ukraine for Athletic will take them into third with a game, against the Portuguese, to play.

Xabier Etxeita comes in for Aymeric Laporte and Benat Extaberria replaces Aritz Aduriz from the side that beat Espanyol on Friday.

Shakhtar meanwhile have scored 14 goals in their first four group games, the majority of them against BATE, and make one change from the side that hammered seven past the Belarusians on the last match day.

Ivan Ordets drops out of the side due to injury and Oleksandr Kucher comes in. Luiz Adriano, who scored five against BATE, also starts.

Shakhtar: Pyatov; Srna, Kucher, Rakitskiy, Shevchuk; Fernando, Stepnaneko; Costa, Teixeira, Taiso; Luiz Adriano

Subs: Kanibolotskiy, Kryvtsov, Fred, Bernard, Marlos, Dentinho, Gladiky

Athletic: Iraizoz; De Marcos, Etxeita, San Jose, Balenziaga; Mikel Rico, Iturraspe, Benat, Susaeta, Muniain; Viguera

Subs: Herrerin, Moran, Bustinza, Iraola, Gurpegi, Aduriz, Unai Lopez

Referee: Mark Clattenburg [ENG]

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