Parma look to Ange-Yoan Bonny in a Serie A game against Lorenzo Colombo’s Empoli.
It kicks off at 12:30 CET (10:30 GMT) at the Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma.
The hosts are without the injured Alessandro Circati, Yordan Osorio and Mateusz Kowalski. Woyo Coulibaly returns from suspension and starts at right-back. Dennis Man gets the nod on the right wing, while Matteo Cancellieri is on the opposite flank.
Empoli replace the injured Sebastiano Esposito with Roma loanee Ola Solbakken. Saba Sazanov, Tyronne Ebuehi and Szymon Żurkowski are also out of action for the Tuscans, who have lost just two games from eight this term.
On the other hand, Parma have just one victory, four draws and three defeats. They sit 17th in the Serie A table, three points below today’s rivals.
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Parma-Empoli: official line-ups
Parma (4-2-3-1): Suzuki; Coulibaly, Delprato, Balogh, Valeri; Hernani, Bernabè; Man, Sohm, Cancellieri; Bonny.
Empoli (3-5-2): Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Anjorin, Grassi, Fazzini, Pezzella; Solbakken, Colombo.