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It’s a head-to-head for Champions League football, as Milan visit Stevan Jovetic’s Fiorentina in the lunchtime kick-off.
The Stadio Artemio Franchi hosts the game at 11.30am UK time (10.30 GMT). Click here for a match preview.
Vincenzo Montella’s Viola already won at San Siro earlier this season and hope to make it a double when welcoming third-placed Milan.
Sitting in fourth place, Fiorentina thought they would be going into this game without star striker Jovetic, who had been ruled out for two weeks with a thigh injury.
However, he completed a remarkable recovery and is in the starting XI along with ex-Milan midfielder Alberto Aquilani.
Borja Valero returns from suspension, but Gonzalo Rodriguez sits out a ban with the injured Mounir El Hamdaoui, Mati Fernandez, Michele Camporese and Giuseppe Rossi.
Milan are unbeaten in Serie A during 2013 and have their sights set on second place.
Captain Massimo Ambrosini is out with a bruised thigh, but ex-Viola striker Giampaolo Pazzini is back after suffering a microfracture a month ago.
It will be a very special game indeed for Riccardo Montolivo, who left Florence last summer on a free transfer after refusing to sign a new contract, so is bound to receive an extremely hostile reception.
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Fiorentina: Viviano; Roncaglia, Tomovic, Savic, Pasqual; Aquilani, Pizarro, Borja Valero; Cuadrado, Jovetic, Ljajic
Milan: Abbiati; Abate, Mexes, Zapata, De Sciglio; Flamini, Montolivo, Muntari; Boateng, Balotelli, El Shaarawy