Marassi hosts a head-to-head for European spots, as Sinisa Mihajlovic’s Sampdoria and Vincenzo Montella’s Fiorentina face off.
Marassi hosts a head-to-head for European spots, as Sinisa Mihajlovic’s Sampdoria and Vincenzo Montella’s Fiorentina face off.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.
The Blucerchiati may have suffered their first defeat of the season, falling 1-0 to a last-gasp Mauro Icardi penalty on Wednesday, but they still went into this weekend joint third with Milan, Lazio and Udinese.
Mihajlovic is still without the injured Emiliano Viviano, so Argentina’s World Cup goalkeeper Sergio Romero remains in goal.
Manolo Gabbiadini and Eder are surprisingly rested in favour of Gonzalo Bergessio and Roberto Soriano, while it looks to be a three-man defence for the first time.
Fiorentina are fresh from a 3-0 demolition job on Udinese and another victory would propel them back into the race for a Champions League spot.
Mati Fernandez and Mario Gomez are back in the squad after injury, although by no means 100 per cent fit.
Giuseppe Rossi remains in America for treatment following knee surgery, so Khouma Babacar is the centre-forward flanked by Juan Cuadrado and Josip Ilicic.
David Pizarro is left on the bench along with Nenad Tomovic and Manuel Pasqual.
Sampdoria: Romero; Cacciatore, Palombo, Regini; De Silvestri, Obiang, Rizzo, Mesbah; Bergessio, Okaka, Soriano
Sampdoria bench: Da Costa, Massolo, Duncan, Fedato, Krsticic, Gabbiadini, Sansone, Eder, Marchionni, Fornasier, Wszolek
Fiorentina: Neto; Richards, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Savic, Alonso; Borja Valero, Badelj, Aquilani; Ilicic, Cuadrado; Babacar
Fiorentina bench: Tatarusanu, Vargas, Pizarro, Marin, Mati Fernandez, Kurtic, Joaquin, Basanta, Pasqual, Bernardeschi, Gomez, Tomovic