Fiorentina meet Torino in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals without Sofyan Amrabat, while Ivan Ilic could start his first match for the Granata.

It kicks off at 17.00 GMT at the Stadio Franchi in Florence.

Fiorentina must cope without Sofyan Amrabat who pushed to leave on the deadline day and didn’t show up for training. Therefore, he was not included in the squad for today’s match.

Riccardo Sottil and Gaetano Castrovilli are injured, and the new signings Salvatore Sirigu and Josip Brekalo start on the bench.

Either Rolando Mandragora or Alfred Duncan will start in central midfield in place of Amrabat.

Torino are without the injured Pietro Pellegri, Valentino Lazaro and David Zima, while Koffi Djidji is suspended. New signing Ivan Ilic could start in central midfield, the other option is Karol Linetty.

The Granata beat Fiorentina in the last Serie A meeting at the Stadio Franchi on January 21 and haven’t qualified for the Coppa semis since 1993-94.

Fiorentina-Torino: probable line-ups

Fiorentina (4-3-3): Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Igor, Biraghi; Bonaventura, Mandragora, Barak; Gonzalez, Jovic, Saponara.

Torino (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic; Schuurs, Buongiorno, Rodriguez; Singo, Ricci, Ilic, Vojvoda; Miranchuck, Vlasic; Sanabria.

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