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Andrea Belotti faces his former club for Fiorentina with Lucas Beltran and Nico Gonzalez, while Torino have Alessandro Buongiorno back with Duvan Zapata upfront.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino at 19.45 GMT.

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

This is a head-to-head for European ambitions, as the Viola go into the weekend in seventh place, five points ahead of Torino in 10th.

Fiorentina are very unpredictable, crushing Frosinone 5-1, then losing to Bologna 2-0, drawing with Empoli and beating Lazio 2-1.

Lucas Martinez-Quarta and Christian Kouame were both hospitalised last week, with kidney stones and malaria respectively, so are out of action along with Gaetano Castrovilli and Oliver Christensen.

Dodo is back on the bench after six months out with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

This is a special match for Belotti, who was the captain of Torino before leaving as a free agent for Roma and joined Fiorentina on loan in January.

Vincenzo Italiano is also preparing for the Conference League Round of 16 tie against Maccabi Haifa on Thursday.

Tension is sky high behind the scenes at Toro, where coach Ivan Juric and President Urbano Cairo are at loggerheads, so a new contract seems improbable.

Their European hopes took a tumble following back-to-back defeats with Lazio and Roma.

Mergim Vojvoda, Adrien Tameze, Matteo Lovato and Perr Schuurs are injured, but the big news is the return of defender Buongiorno after dislocating his shoulder on January 26.

Duvan Zapata and Antonio Sanabria continue to lead the way upfront.

Torino: Milinkovic-Savic; Djidji, Buongiorno, Masina; Bellanova, Linetty, Ilic, Rodriguez; Vlasic; Zapata, Sanabria

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Kayode, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Biraghi; Arthur, Bonaventura; Nico Gonzalez, Beltran, Sottil; Belotti

02-03-2024 19:45 MatchDay 27 Olympic Grande Torino Stadium

Fiorentina vs

Season Analytics

Torino Positions Fiorentina SEASON TOTAL TOR HOME 6 5 2 9 9 8

Last matches

26-02-2024
Roma L 3 - 2 22-02-2024 Lazio L 0 - 2 16-02-2024 Lecce W 2 - 0 10-02-2024 Sassuolo D 1 - 1 04-02-2024 Salernitana D 0 - 0
22-02-2024 Lazio L 0 - 2
16-02-2024 Lecce W 2 - 0
04-02-2024
Salernitana D 0 - 0 07-01-2024
Napoli W 3 - 0 23-12-2023
Udinese D 1 - 1 10 7 Position SEASON TOTAL FIO AWAY 4 3 6 12 5 9

Last matches

2 - 1 W Lazio

26-02-2024 1 - 1 D Empoli 18-02-2024 2 - 0 L Bologna 14-02-2024 5 - 1 W Frosinone

11-02-2024 3 - 2 L Lecce 02-02-2024

1 - 1 D Empoli

18-02-2024 2 - 0 L Bologna

14-02-2024 3 - 2 L Lecce

02-02-2024 1 - 0 L Sassuolo

06-01-2024 0 - 1 W Monza

22-12-2023

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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