Aleksandr Kerzhakov has kept hold of his place in the Russia starting lineup for this evening's Euro 2012 encounter against Poland.

Speculation had claimed that the striker could be replaced by Roman Pavlyuchenko. However, manager Dick Advocaat has decided to keep faith with the Zenit St Petersburg frontman.

Hosts Poland have included Dariusz Dudka in their starting lineup. The Auxerre man is expected to feature in a defensive midfield role.

Poland: Tyton; Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch; Dudka, Polanski, Murawski, Obraniak, Kuba; Lewandowski

Russia: Malafeev; Anyukov, Ignashevich, A. Berezutski, Zhirkov; Shirokov, Denisov, Zyranov, Dzagoev; Arshavin, Kerzhakov