Atalanta and Lazio meet again after their Coppa Italia thriller, but adding Josip Ilicic, Duvan Zapata, Ciro Immobile and Luis Alberto.
It kicks off at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo at 14.00 GMT.
Atalanta and Lazio meet again after their Coppa Italia thriller, but adding Josip Ilicic, Duvan Zapata, Ciro Immobile and Luis Alberto.
It kicks off at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo at 14.00 GMT.
These teams faced off in this very stadium on Wednesday for the Coppa Italia quarter-final and it was, as is typical when Gian Piero Gasperini and Simone Inzaghi cross paths, a real thriller.
There have been 21 goals in the last four competitive meetings between these sides.
Atalanta ended up winning 3-2, despite having Jose Luis Palomino sent off and Duvan Zapata’s penalty saved by Pepe Reina.
La Dea will face Napoli in the first leg of the semi-final next week, but first they have this head-to-head for a Champions League spot.
There are significant differences to the two teams that met only a few days ago, for instance Cristian Romero has been ruled out with COVID-19, with Hans Hateboer and Robin Gosens injured.
Duvan Zapata and Josip Ilicic start, with Aleksei Miranchuk maintained in the trequartista role, sending Luis Muriel, Ruslan Malinovskyi and Matteo Pessina to the bench.
Lazio are transformed too, as Luis Alberto is back for the first time since he was rushed to hospital to have his appendix out on January 19.
Ciro Immobile and Tucu Correa take the forward roles, as Felipe Caicedo isn’t even in the squad due to injury.
Mateo Musacchio joined from Milan and is on the bench, so Patric steps in for injured Luiz Felipe Ramos.
Atalanta: Gollini; Toloi, Palomino, Djimsiti; Maehle, De Roon, Freuler, Ruggeri; Miranchuk, Ilicic; Duvan Zapata
Atalanta bench: Rossi, Sportiello, Lammers, Muriel, Caldara, Malinovskyi, Pessina, Scalvini, Pasalic
Lazio: Reina; Patric, Acerbi, Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic-Savic, Leiva, Luis Alberto, Marusic; Correa, Immobile
Lazio bench: Alia, G Pereira, A Pereira, Hoedt, Parolo, Escalante, Lulic, Musacchio, Akpa Akpro, Muriqi, Fares
Ref: Chiffi