Fiorentina have the chance to close on Champions League places, but face a Torino side unbeaten in 11.

It kicks off this evening at 19.45 GMT, click here for a match preview.

Follow all the action as it happens on our LIVEBLOG.

This is a battle between two on-form teams who were both in action in the Europa League on Thursday.

Fiorentina have the chance to close on Champions League places, but face a Torino side unbeaten in 11.

It kicks off this evening at 19.45 GMT, click here for a match preview.

Follow all the action as it happens on our LIVEBLOG.

This is a battle between two on-form teams who were both in action in the Europa League on Thursday.

The Viola earned a more than creditable 1-1 draw away to Tottenham, extending their positive streak to nine games in all competition.

Toro were held to a spectacular 2-2 result by Athletic Bilbao thanks to a Maxi Lopez brace.

Borja Valero is out of action after requiring seven stitches on a cut to his ankle, sustained at White Hart Lane.

Marcos Alonso is suspended with Giuseppe Rossi and Federico Bernardeschi long-term absentees.

Khouma Babacar starts despite being caught driving without a valid licence in the early hours of Saturday morning.

He partners Alessandro Diamanti, while David Pizarro and Mohamed Salah are rested ahead of the second leg with Spurs in a 3-5-2 formation.

Torino have Omar El Kaddouri and Cesare Bovo sitting out bans, while Alvaro Gonzalez is out for five weeks following knee surgery.

Fabio Quagliarella leads the line with Maxi Lopez, who seems to have really discovered his form after moving from Chievo in January.

This is Vincenzo Montella’s 100th Serie A match on the Fiorentina bench. So far he has 50 wins, 23 draws and 26 defeats.

Torino have not won a Serie A match away to Fiorentina since October 1976, managing 11 draws and 14 defeats.

Fiorentina: Tatarusanu; Basanta, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Tomovic; Ilicic, Vargas, Badelj, Aquilani, Rosi; Diamanti, Babacar

Fiorentina bench: Rosati, Lazzari, Kurtic, Savic, Pasqual, Pizarro, Joaquin, Salah, Richards, Fernandez, Gilardino, Gomez

Torino: Padelli; Maksimovic, Moretti, Jansson; Bruno Peres, Benassi, Vives, Farnerud, Molinaro; Quagliarella, Maxi Lopez

Torino bench: Castellazzi, Ichazo, Darmian, Silva, Glik, Masiello, Gazzi, Martinez, Amauri, Basha

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *