Fiorentina” data-scaytid=”1″>Fiorentina have to reshuffle amid an injury crisis as they welcome stuttering Sassuolo” data-scaytid=”2″>Sassuolo to the Stadio Franchi.
It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), click here for a match preview.
Fiorentina have to reshuffle amid an injury crisis as they welcome stuttering Sassuolo to the Stadio Franchi.
It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), click here for a match preview.
Vincenzo Montella confessed the Viola might be “cursed” after losing Giuseppe Rossi for five months and Mario Gomez for three weeks.
Marko Marin is also still unavailable and Juan Manuel Vargas suffered a muscular problem this morning, so 21-year-old Khouma Babacar and Joaquin start in attack with Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.
Expect 20-year-old Federico Bernardeschi to come off the bench at some point.
Sassuolo followed up their 7-0 defeat to Inter with a 0-0 draw against Sampdoria” data-scaytid=”19″>Sampdoria, which at least restored some confidence.
Domenico Berardi’s three-match ban for elbowing Juan Jesus continues, while Thomas Manfredini and Gianluca Pegolo are long-term injuries.
Simone Zaza is rested following some lacklustre performances, as Sergio Floccari, Antonio Floro Flores and Nicola Sansone complete the trident.
Paolo Cannavaro makes his first appearance of the season after a three-match ban expired.
Sassuolo only visited Florence once before in Serie A, last season earning a shock 4-3 victory with Berardi getting a hat-trick.
Fiorentina: Neto; Tomovic, G Rodriguez, Savic, Alonso; Kurtic, Aquilani, Borja Valero; Joaquin, Babacar, Cuadrado
Fiorentina bench: Tatarusanu; Richards, Basanta, Pasqual, Badelj, Mati Fernandez, Pizarro, Lazzari, Hegazi, Ilicic, Brillante, Bernardeschi
Sassuolo: Consigli; Vrsaljko, Antei, Cannavaro, Longhi; Chibsah, Magnanelli, Biondini; Sansone, Floccari, Floro Flores
Sassuolo: Polito, Pomini, Acerbi, Ariaudo, Gazzola, Peluso, Brighi, Missiroli, Taider, Gliozzi, Pavoletti, Zaza