Bordeaux have made six changes to the side which drew with Lille in Ligue 1 at the weekend for the Europa League playoff round second leg against FC Kairat in Kazakhstan.

Wahbi Khazri, scorer of the only goal from the first leg in Bordeaux last week, returns to the starting lineup in attack alongside Isaac Kiese Thelin and Uruguayan forward Diego Rolan.

Frederic Guilbert, Andre Biyogo Poko and Abdou Traore also come into the side, with Milan Gajic, Thomas Toure, Enzo Crivelli and Nicolas Maurice-Belay all dropping to the bench.

For the home side, former Bayern Munich midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk starts in midfield while Sito Riera partners Gerard Gohou up front.

Kairat: Plotnikov; Soares, Markovic, Kuantayev, Kuat; Bakaev, Islamkhan, Da Silva Barbosa, Tymoshchuk; Gohou, Riera
Subs: Despotovic, Rudoselskiy, Gurman, Kukeyev, Tkachuk, Darabayev, Konysbaev

Bordeaux: Prior; Guilbert, Yambere, Pallois, Poundje; Poko, Traore, Saivet; Rolan, Khazri, Thelin
Subs: Lefebvre, Gajic, Toure, Maurice-Belay, Crivelli, Maulan, Sambissa

Written by
Tom Nightingale