epa10941377 Fiorentina's foward Lucas Beltran celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Europa Conference League Group F soccer match between ACF Fiorentina and FK Cukaricki, in Florence, Italy, 26 October 2023. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI

Fiorentina begin their Conference League campaign by hosting Welsh side The New Saints with Lucas Beltran, Yacine Adli and Christian Kouame.

It kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Lazio-Nice and Elfsborg-Roma on the Liveblog.

The Viola have struggled so far under new coach Raffaele Palladino, winning only one game 2-1 against Lazio, but also losing only 3-2 to Atalanta, drawing the other six matches.

Those include the Conference League play-off ties with Puskas, which were only resolved in a penalty shoot-out.

There is vast squad rotation including summer signings Adli and Richardson in midfield, while Beltran takes over upfront from Moise Kean.

Some of that is caused by the bans to Luca Ranieri, Pietro Comuzzo and Lucas Martinez Quarta, while Marin Pongracic is injured.

This is an historic moment for The New Saints, a small club from Wales that lost Champions League preliminary games to Ferencvaros, Europa League to Petrocub and then eliminated Panevezys in the Conference League play-off.

Ryan Astles, Harrison McGahey, Matthew Olosunde and Ash Baker are not fully fit, with Jordan Williams suspended.

Fiorentina vs. The New Saints line-ups

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Kayode, Moreno, Biraghi, Parisi; Mandragora, Adli; Ikoné, Kouame, Sottil; Beltran

The New Saints: C Roberts; Daniels, D Davies, Bodenham, Redmond; Clark, Smith, D Williams; Bradley, Wilson, Holden

Ref: Gishamer (AUT)

03-10-2024 20:00
MatchDay 1
Fiorentina
The New Saints

Starting lineups

1
Goalkeeper
3
65
Defender
22
Defender
33
Defender
8
Midfielder
45'
29
Midfielder
99
11
Attacker
9
Attacker
7
Attacker
25
Goalkeeper
22
Defender
6
Defender
19
Midfielder
10
Midfielder
14
Midfielder
21
Midfielder
18
Midfielder
28
Attacker
7
Attacker
20
Attacker

Substitutes

4
Midfielder
32
Midfielder
10
20
Attacker
21
Midfielder
23
Midfielder
2
Defender
43
Goalkeeper
30
Goalkeeper
61
60
Defender
24
Midfielder
45'
30
Goalkeeper
12
Defender
2
Defender
3
Defender
24
Defender
31
Defender
27
Midfielder
8
Attacker
11
39
Attacker
9
Attacker

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