Venue: Braehead Arena, Glasgow Date: 6-8 March
Coverage: Live coverage on BBC Two and BBC Sport website; updates on Radio 5 Live
 Goodall is second in the UK men's rankings
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Josh Goodall will spearhead Britain's bid for Davis Cup victory against Ukraine after being drawn to play Ilya Marchenko in the opening singles match.
Hampshire's Goodall, the highest-ranked player on the GB team at 192, will be expected to beat the world number 224.
Their match will be followed by Chris Eaton against Ukraine number one Sergiy Stakovsky in the Euro/Africa Zone Group One tie at Glasgow's Braehead Arena.
Surrey's Eaton (ranked 383) faces a big task against the world number 125.
Saturday's doubles rubber sees Ross Hutchins and Colin Fleming team up against Stakovsky and Sergei Bubka.
And Sunday's singles matches will be the reverse of Friday's rubbers, with Goodall again first up against Stakovsky.
Captain John Lloyd confirmed his four-man line-up on Thursday, with James Ward the man to miss out from the five who travelled to Glasgow.
Britain's world number four Andy Murray, the main draw for Scottish spectators, was ruled out of the tie after picking up a virus during the Dubai Open.
GB v Ukraine - Davis Cup Euro/Africa Zone tie
Friday, 6 March (play begins at 1200 GMT)
Josh Goodall v Ilya Marchenko
followed by:
Chris Eaton v Sergiy Stakovsky
Saturday, 7 March (play begins at 1300)
Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins v Sergei Bubka/Sergiy Stakovsky
Sunday, 8 March (play begins at 1200)
Josh Goodall v Sergiy Stakovsky
followed by:
Chris Eaton v Ilya Marchenko
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