Atalanta and Hellas Verona have a similar all-attack approach to football, so this should be an entertaining clash with Giovanni Simeone against Luis Muriel.
It kicks off at the Stadio Bentegodi at 14.00 GMT.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s men crashed out of the Champions League after a 3-2 home defeat to Villarreal on Thursday evening, a game that was postponed from the night before due to a snowstorm.
Ruslan Malinovskyi is suspended, with Robin Gosens still out injured, but Gasp inevitably rotates the squad with Muriel, Aleksei Miranchuk and Mario Pasalic stepping in.
Verona are fresh from an extraordinary comeback against Venezia, trailing 3-0 only to win 4-3, and Giovanni Simeone is on spectacular form.
He leads the way with Kevin Lasagna and Gianluca Caprari, but Nikola Kalinic, Koray Gunter, Gianluca Frabotta and Pawel Dawidowicz are injured.
Verona: Montipò; Casale, Magnani, Ceccherini; Faraoni, Tameze, Ilic, Lazovic; Lasagna, Caprari; Simeone
Atalanta: Musso; Toloi, Demiral, Djimsiti; Zappacosta, De Roon, Koopmeiners, Pezzella; Pasalic; Miranchuk, Muriel