Riccardo Saponara misses out on Atalanta–Empoli, as the playmaker is suffering with a fever.
It had been hoped that the playmaker would at least be fit for the bench, but Giovanni Martusciello has been forced to leave him out altogether.
Veteran Daniele Croce replaced him in the starting XI, as the Tuscan side look to draw level with Sassuolo in the Serie A table.
Riccardo Saponara misses out on Atalanta-Empoli, as the playmaker is suffering with a fever.
It had been hoped that the playmaker would at least be fit for the bench, but Giovanni Martusciello has been forced to leave him out altogether.
Veteran Daniele Croce replaced him in the starting XI, as the Tuscan side look to draw level with Sassuolo in the Serie A table.
The hosts are without Juventus target Mattia Caldara, so Ervin Zukanovic replaces him at the back. Click here for a match preview.
Atalanta: Sportiello; Toloi, Masiello, Zukanović; Conti, Gagliardini, Freuler, Spinazzola; Kurtić; Petagna, Gomez
Atalanta bench: Bassi, Mazzini, D'Alessandro, Migliaccio, Pesic, Caldara, Kessié, Konko, Cabezas, Raimondi, Grassi, Dramé
Empoli: Skorupski; Cosic, Bellusci, Costa, Dimarco; Tello, Diousse, Buchel; Croce; Marilungo, Mchedlidze
Empoli bench: Pugliesi, Pelagotti; Mauri, Maccarone, Veseli, Seminara, Maiello, Gilardino, Pucciarelli, Giampà, Pereira, Carradori