Back-rower Waldrom takes over from Jordan Crane, while Kitchener joins Geoff Parling in the second row, with Louis Deacon taking a place among the replacements.
The only other change in the line-up from the game against Ulster in Round 1 sees Blaine Scully return to the backline in place of Miles Benjamin who made his first starting appearance for almost 18 months at Ravenhill last Friday.
Terrence Hepetema could make his home debut after making his first appearance from the bench in the game against Ulster.
Tickets for Friday’s match are available now from the Tigers ticket office. Phone 0844 856 1880, call in at Welford Road or book online. All games in the pool stages of the Heineken Cup are included in Tigers season tickets.
Leicester Tigers (v Benetton Treviso, Welford Road, Friday 8pm)
15 Niall Morris
14 Blaine Scully
13 Vereniki Goneva
12 Dan Bowden
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Toby Flood (c)
9 Ben Youngs
1 Logovi’i Mulipola
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Graham Kitchener
5 Geoff Parling
6 Ed Slater
7 Julian Salvi
8 Thomas Waldrom
Replacements
16 Neil Briggs
17 Boris Stankovich
18 Fraser Balmain
19 Louis Deacon
20 Jordan Crane
21 David Mele
22 Owen Williams
23 Terrence Hepetema
Benetton Treviso
15 Luke McLean
14 Andrea Pratichetti
13 Luca Morisi
12 Alberto Sgarbi
11 Christian Loamanu
10 Mat Berquist
9 Tobias Botes
1 Michele Rizzo
2 Enrico Ceccato
3 Lorenzo Cittadini
4 Antonio Pavanello (c)
5Valerio Bernabo
6 Manoa Vosawai
7 Alessandro Zanni
8 Robert Barbieri
Replacements
16 Franco Sbaraglini
17 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet
18 Pedro di Santo
19 Marco Fuser
20 Dean Budd
21 Marco Filippucci
22 Fabio Semenzato
23 James Ambrosini
