Fiorentina are decimated and host Palermo on an all-time Serie A record run, but Paulo Dybala pulls out.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.
Vincenzo Montella seems to be in a constant state of emergency in Florence and has to revamp his team yet again this afternoon.
Stefan Savic and Gonzalo Rodriguez are suspended in defence, while the injury list includes Alberto Aquilani, Norberto Neto, Khouma Babacar, Giuseppe Rossi and Federico Bernardeschi.
Fiorentina are decimated and host Palermo on an all-time Serie A record run, but Paulo Dybala pulls out.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.
Vincenzo Montella seems to be in a constant state of emergency in Florence and has to revamp his team yet again this afternoon.
Stefan Savic and Gonzalo Rodriguez are suspended in defence, while the injury list includes Alberto Aquilani, Norberto Neto, Khouma Babacar, Giuseppe Rossi and Federico Bernardeschi.
Alessandro Diamanti completed his transfer from Guangzhou Evergrande yesterday, but is only in the stands to watch his new teammates.
Mario Gomez desperately needs a goal to boost his confidence, especially after seeing his penalty saved in the 1-0 defeat to Parma.
Palermo, on the other hand, are flying high and in fact sit one point above Fiorentina in the standings.
They are unbeaten for a club record nine rounds and fresh from demolishing Cagliari 5-0 on Tuesday.
Dybala is the talent leading the way and has either scored or provided an assist in each of Palermo’s last eight games, but he won't get a chance to add to that run today.
The young Argentine pulled out in the warm-up with a muscular problem to be replaced by Andrea Belotti and is in the stands.
Coach Beppe Iachini is a former Fiorentina player and has a full squad to choose from other than Fabio Daprela.
The history of this fixture is 18 home wins, two draws and six away victories.
Fiorentina: Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Basanta, Alonso; Joaquin, Mati Fernandez, Pizarro, Borja Valero, Pasqual; Cuadrado, Gomez
Fiorentina bench: Lezzerini, Bardini, Richards, Badelj, Vargas, Marin, Kurtic, Brillante, Hegazi, Ilicic, El Hamdaoui
Palermo: Sorrentino; Munoz, Gonzalez, Feddal; Morganella, Rigoni, Maresca, Barreto, Lazaar; Vazquez, Belotti
Palermo bench: Ujkani, Vitiello, Pisano, Andelkovic, Joao Silva, Emerson, Della Rocca, Bolzoni, Chochev, Terzi, Quaison