Robert Beric will lead the line for Rapid Vienna in their Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk this evening.

The forward notched 27 league goals for Vienna last season and has already fired three in five starts in the current campaign.

The 24-year-old is supported in attack by Florian Kainz, Steffen Hofmann and Louis Schaub.

Shakhtar have opted to use a 4-2-3-1 formation against the Austrian side and will have Oleksandr Gladkiy up front on his own.

Brazilian Fred and Taras Stepanenko will protect the back four in defensive midfield roles, while Oleksandr Kuchar and Yaroslav Rakitskiy play in the middle of the defence, with Dario Srna and Marcio Azevedo in the full-back positions.

Rapid Vienna: Novota; Sonnleitner, Dibon, Pavelic, Auer; Petsos, Schaub, S Hofmann, Kainz; Grahovac, Beric
Subs: Strebinger, M Hofmann, Schimpelsberger, Schobesberger, Huspek, Prosenik, Alar

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov; Kucher, Srna, Rakitskiy, Azevedo; Stepanenko, Fred, Marlos, Taison; Alex Teixeira, Gladkiy
Subs: Kanibolotskiy, Shevchuk, Kryvtsov, Bernard, Malyshev, Kovalenko, Eduardo