Preview: Valencia vs. Kuban Krasnodar

Kuban Krasnodar travel to Valencia in the Europa League on Thursday with a slim chance of making it through to the last 32 of the competition.

The Russian side are three points behind second-placed Swansea City and will seal their progress if they win and the Welsh side suffer a surprise defeat to St Gallen with a four-goal swing.

Valencia welcome Kuban to Spain knowing that they will finish at the top of Group A thanks to four victories and one loss in their previous five games.

Miroslav Dukic's side beat Kuban 2-0 in the reverse fixture two months ago.

The hosts are still without injured goalkeeper Vicente Guaita, while the visitors have no new injury problems.

Recent form

Valencia: WDLWWD

Kuban: DWLWLD

Possible starting lineups

Valencia: Alves; Barragan, Ruiz, Mathieu, Bernat; Feghouli, Romeu, Canales, Parejo, Guardado; Jonas

Kuban: Belanov; Kozlov, Xandao, Dealbert, Bugaev; Ignatyev, Tilsov, Kabore, Bucur; Popov, Balde

Sports Mole says: 2-0