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Fiorentina make changes for their Conference League match against Austrians LASK, but bring out the big guns upfront with Moise Kean and Christian Kouame.
It kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi at 17.45 GMT.
The Viola won their last eight Serie A matches in a row and the medical emergency for Edoardo Bove has just brought the team even closer together.
Bove has since left hospital with an implanted defibrillator and it remains to be seen if he will keep or remove it.
They won three of their four Conference League ties so far, falling 2-1 away to APOEL Nicosia and crashing out of the Coppa Italia on penalties to Empoli.
Danilo Cataldi and Marin Pongracic are injured, while captain Cristiano Biraghi has been frozen out pending a likely January sale.
Coach Raffaele Palladino already announced that teenage goalkeeper Tommaso Martinelli will get his debut.
On the other hand, he relies on star strikers Kean and Christian Kouame.
epa11746512 Fiorentina’s Foward Christian Kouame scores during the UEFA Europa Conference League match ACF Fiorentina vs Pafos at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, 28 November 2024. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI
Austrians LASK finished their domestic fixtures already, so this is their penultimate game before the winter break.
They are near the bottom of the Conference League table in 22nd place after two points from four games and made the trip without Andres Andrade, Moses Usor, Lenny Pintor, Boateng, Philipp Ziereis and suspended Jorg Siebenhandl.
On top of that, Ivan Ljubic, Tomas Tavares and Ibrahim Mustapha are not in the UEFA squad list.
Fiorentina: Martinelli; Kayode, Martinez Quarta, Ranieri, Parisi; Mandragora, Richardson; Ikone, Kouame, Sottil; Kean
LASK: Jungwirth; Bogarde, Talovierov, Smolcic, Bello; Stojkovic, Jovicic, Zulj; V Berisha, Entrup, Flecker
Ref: Berke (HUN)