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The BayArena Stadium in Leverkusen is the scene of the first quarterfinal match-up in the UEFA Cup between Bayer Leverkusen and Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg. Watch Bayer Leverkusen vs Zenit St Petersburg Live online on Live Sport Network's excellent soccer streams.

Bayer Leverkusen emerged triumphant in an all-German clash against Hamburger SV in the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup. The Bundesliga team topped Group E and then beat Galatasaray AS in the next round before defeating Hamburg.

Leverkusen coach Michael Skibbe has never come across Russian opposition in his career, but this will not be the first time he crosses sword with his opposite number Dick Advocaat. Nevertheless Leverkusen will hope to emerge comprehensive winners at home in order to avoid having to win away at Russia.

However Gonzalo Castro, Karim Haggui, Stefan Kiessling and Pirmin Schwegler will have to be careful as one yellow card means they miss the second leg in Russia,

Zenit on the other hand have done much to impress in this UEFA Cup although they are now the only team along with Getafe in the competition never to have tasted European success. The Russian side finished third in Group A to enter the next round, but then took care of Spanish giants Villarreal there.

Not content with this, Zenit then humbled Olympique Marseille in their round of 16 clash. Kim Dong Jin returns for Zenit after serving a one-match ban, but players like Aleksandr Anyukov, Andrei Arshavin, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Fernando Ricksen and Radek Sirl are just one yellow card away from suspension.

Zenit coach Dick Advocaat will be serving the last of his three-match touchline ban handed down by UEFA for gross misconduct Watch Bayer Leverkusen vs Zenit St Petersburg Live online on Live Sport Network, the leading source for live footy action.