Fiorentina need a victory over Luca Toni’s Verona to stay ahead of Inter in fourth place and completely revamp their side.
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The Viola’s campaign suffered a series of heavy blows in recent weeks, as they are out of the Europa League and were crushed 4-1 by Roma in a head-to-head for third.
Fiorentina need a victory over Luca Toni’s Verona to stay ahead of Inter in fourth place and completely revamp their side.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action to all SEVEN Serie A games on our LIVEBLOG.
The Viola’s campaign suffered a series of heavy blows in recent weeks, as they are out of the Europa League and were crushed 4-1 by Roma in a head-to-head for third.
Now Inter are on form and with last night’s 2-1 win over Bologna temporarily overtook the Tuscans in fourth.
Paulo Sousa needs to get his men back on track, but goes into this game without suspended Milan Badelj and injured Matias Vecino.
Mauro Zarate is available again after a three-match ban and completes a brand new trident attack with Cristian Tello and Khouma Babacar.
Verona are bottom of the table and almost inevitably doomed to relegation, but aren’t going down without a fight.
There are several ex-Fiorentina stars in the squad, including Toni, Giampaolo Pazzini, Gilberto and Ante Rebic.
The injury list remains extensive, ruling out Federico Viviani, Samuel Souprayen, Vangelis Moras, Juanito Gomez Taleb and Romulo.
Hellas won this fixture 1-0 last season, but that remains the only bright spot, as they’ve lost the other eight meetings home and away since October 2001.
Curiously, these sides haven’t shared the spoils in all competition since a top flight 2-2 at the Bentegodi in February 2000.
The last time this particular fixture at the Stadio Franchi ended in a draw was May 1989, when Roberto Baggio was on target for the hosts.
Fiorentina: Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Astori, Marcos Alonso; Borja Valero, Tino Costa, Mati Fernandez, Pasqual; Tello, Zarate, Babacar
Fiorentina bench: Lezzerini, Satalino, Rodriguez, Roncaglia, Kuba, Kone, Kalinic, Bernardeschi, Ilicic
Verona: Gollini; Greco, Bianchetti, Helander, Pisano; Wszolek, Marrone, Ionita, Rebic; Fares, Toni
Verona bench:Coppola, Marcone, Samir, Albertazzi, Jankovic, Pazzini, Gilberto, Furman, Siligardi, Emanuelson