Check the official line-ups for this afternoon’s Serie A games, the Tuscan Derby FiorentinaEmpoli and Lazio visiting Salernitana on new coach Paulo Sousa’s debut.

They both kick off at 14.00 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

This is not just a local derby, but also a head-to-head for position, as Empoli are currently three points clear of their more illustrious neighbours in the Serie A table going into this weekend.

Fiorentina-Empoli

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Venuti, Milenkovic, Martinez-Quarta, Terzic; Mandragora, Amrabat; Gonzalez, Barak, Saponara; Jovic

Empoli: Vicario; Ebuehi, Ismajli, Luperto, Cacace; Akpa Akpro, Marin, Bandinelli; Baldanzi; Cambiaghi, Caputo

Salernitana sacked coach Davide Nicola for the second time in under a month, but there was no change of mind on this occasion, as the club brought in former Fiorentina, Poland and Flamengo boss Sousa.

Lazio managed a Conference League win on Thursday against CFR Cluj when down to 10 men, but have stuttered in Serie A recently and lost Sergej Milinkovic-Savic to a stomach bug.

Salernitana-Lazio

Salernitana: Sepe; Bronn, Daniliuc, Pirola; Candreva, Coulibaly, Crnigoj, Bradaric; Bonazzoli, Vilhena; Piatek

Lazio: Provedel; Marusic, Casale, Patric, Hysaj; Vecino, Cataldi, Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Pedro

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