Fiorentina” data-scaytid=”1″>Fiorentina have Juan Cuadrado back in the starting XI against Antonio Cassano’s Parma this evening.
It kicks off at the Stadio Tardini at 18.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.
Fiorentina have Juan Cuadrado back in the starting XI against Antonio Cassano’s Parma this evening.
It kicks off at the Stadio Tardini at 18.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.
The Viola are still stinging from last week’s controversial home defeat to Inter, but got back on track in the Europa League on Thursday with a 3-1 victory in Denmark against Esbjerg.
This is a head-to-head for European qualification, as Parma have put safety under lock and key with their sights set very much on a top six finish.
Fiorentina made it clear their aim is top three and a place in the Champions League, which they so narrowly missed out on last season.
Giuseppe Rossi and Ante Rebic are still out injured, but Cuadrado, Stefan Savic, Gonzalo Rodriguez and Borja Valero are all back from the start.
Alessandro Matri is partnered by Cuadrado and Joaquin, though Mario Gomez is expected to come on for the second half.
Parma are now in history after a club record 12-round unbeaten streak that is still continuing, winning half of those games.
They are fresh from a 4-0 victory away to Atalanta and have several ex-Fiorentina players, including Marco Marchionni, Marco Cassani, Alessandro Lucarelli and Amauri.
Nicola Pozzi misses out with Afriyie Acquah suspended in midfield.
All eyes will be on Cassano, as FantAntonio was linked with a move to the Viola several times in his career and has put eight Serie A goals past them.
The two line-ups can be adapted to a 4-3-3 or a 3-5-2 with these same players and often switch between them during a match situation.
Only Roma and Juventus have beaten Parma at home this season and they are without defeat in Serie A overall since November.
Parma: Mirante; Cassani, Paletta, Lucarelli, Molinaro; Gargano, Marchionni, Parolo; Biabiany, Amauri, Cassano
Parma bench: Pavarini, Coric, Palladino, Gobbi, Felipe, Obi, Schelotto, Munari, Mauri, Rossini, Nyantakyi
Fiorentina: Neto; Savic, Diakitè, Rodriguez, Tomovic; Aquilani, Pizarro, Borja Valero; Cuadrado, Matri, Joaquin
Fiorentina bench: Rosati, Roncaglia, Compper, Fernandez, Ambrosini. Pasqual, Wolski, Matos, Gomez, Vargas, Ilicic, Anderson