Empoli vs. Lecce

Empoli will still be without goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, who continues to be sidelined with a rib injury sustained after the 2-0 loss to Napoli at the end of February. 

Elsewhere, there could be further changes to the team that faced Atalanta heading into the international break, with Razvan Marin and Filippo Bandinelli tipped to start in midfield in place of Jacopo Fazzini and Alberto Grassi. 

Lecce on the other hand are likely to make fewer changes to the team who played in their most recent Serie A outing against Fiorentina in March. 

With Samuel Umtiti and Youssef Maleh both suspended, Marco Baroni is tipped to call upon Alessandro Tuia to start in central defence. Otherwise, it looks like more or less the same team who lost 1-0 to La Viola last time out. 

Kick off comes at 17.30 UK time. 

Empoli: (4-3-1-2): Persian; Ebuehi, De Winter, Luperto, Parisi; Akpa Akpro, Marin, Bandinelli; Baldanzi; Caputo, Satriano. 

Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Tuia, Gallo; Gonzalez, Hjulmand, Blin; Strefezza, Colombo, Di Francesco. 

Sassuolo vs. Torino

Andrea Pinamonti is set to start in attack for the Neroverde this evening, with Gregoire Defrel looking like he’ll start from the bench. Davide Frattesi will return to the fold as a starter in all likelihood, alongside Maxime Lopez and Matheus Henrique. 

Alessio Dionisi will rest Gian Marco Ferrari and instead call on Brazilian defender Ruan to partner Martin Erlic at centre-half. 

For Torino, Ivan Juric will be without Aleksei Miranchuk, Ronaldo Vieira and Yann Karamoh, who all miss out through injury. 

Mergim Vojvoda is also predicted to drop out of the starting line-up, with Alessandro Buongiorno set to return to the team after the international break. 

Kick off at the Mapei will be at 19.45 UK time. 

Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Toljan, Ruan, Erlic, Rogerio; Frattesi, Lopez, Henrique; Berardi, Pinamonti, Lauriente.

Torino (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Gravillon, Schuurs, Buongiorno; Singo, Ricci, Linetty, Rodriguez; Vlasic, Radonjic; Sanabria.

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