Two more Coppa Italia games are scheduled today with Cagliari visiting Sassuolo and Inter hosting Empoli at San Siro.
We begin at 16.30 UK time at the Mapei Stadium, where both Sassuolo and Cagliari are expected to rotate massively.
Neroverdi stars Gianluca Scamacca and Davide Frattesi will rest, but the Sardinians travelled to Emilia Romagna without Alessio Cragno, Joao Pedro and many other regular starters.
Walter Mazzarri has promoted many Primavera team players for today’s game as Cagliari’s primary focus is on Serie A. They meet Fiorentina at the Unipol Domus on Sunday.
The winners will face Juventus in the quarter-finals.
Probable line-ups
Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): Pegolo; Toljan, Ayhan, Ruan, Rogerio; Harroui, Magnanelli; Aucelli, Mata, Samele; Defrel.
Cagliari (4-4-2): Radunovic; Zappa, Goldaniga, Carboni, Obert; Nandez, Landinetti, Kourfalidis, Lykogiannis; Gagliano, Pavoletti.
Inter-Empoli kicks off at 20.00 UK time.
Simone Inzaghi and Aurelio Andreazzoli will also rest some of their best players, although Inter’s best scorer Lautaro Martinez is likely to start up front.
Marcelo Brozovic will rest for the first time this season, while Ionut Radu makes his debut in 2021-22.
Filippo Bandinelli, Riccardo Marchizza and Nedim Bajrami expected to start. Same as Mattia Viti, who is regarded as one of Italy’s most promising defenders and has been targeted by the Nerazzurri and Milan.
The winners will meet Lecce or Roma in the quarter-finals.
Probable line-ups
Inter (3-5-2): Radu; D’Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Dimarco; Dumfries, Vecino, Vidal, Gagliardini, Darmian; Lautaro, Correa.
Empoli (4-3-1-2): Furlan; Fiamozi, Romagnoli, Viti, Marchizza; Asllani, Stulac, Bandinelli; Bajrami; Cutrone, Mancuso.