As part of Week 11 of Serie A, Fiorentina and Juventus will face each other tonight at 20:45. The official line-ups have been published. Spalletti’s team, Juventus, will play with a 4-3-3 formation, starting with Vicario; Kalulu, Bremer, Lucumi, Cabal; McKennie, Douglas, Koopmeiners; Boga, Kolo Muani, Woltemade. On the other side, Vanoli’s Fiorentina will line up in a 4-2-3-1, with De Gea; Jimenez, Dragusin, Vieiry, Joao Mario; Ndour, Oulai; Mastantuono, Pedro Gonçalves, Njie; Pellegrino. Juventus will take the field in the classic black-and-white shirt.
Despite a rich summer transfer window, Fiorentina continue to struggle in Serie A. After three defeats in their first three matches, Fabio Grosso was replaced by Paolo Vanoli, who has collected 8 points in 7 weeks. These points are the result of away wins against Venezia and Sassuolo, as well as home draws against Napoli and Atalanta. The latest 4-2 success at Sassuolo has allowed Fiorentina to climb out of the relegation zone. For the match against Juventus, the Viola coach will not have Parisi, Atta and Pongracic available, while Ranieri may be recovered for the bench.
The last two wins against Napoli and AZ Alkmaar have eased the crisis for the Bianconeri, although the start of the season remains below expectations. While in the Europa League, the fifth-place standing is favorable, in Serie A Juventus need to turn things around: 17 points from 10 matches currently place them in seventh position, 6 points off the Champions League zone. Spalletti has recovered McKennie from adductor fatigue and will also have Zhegrova and Rugani available, who are outside the UEFA list. Yildiz, Thuram, Locatelli, Grabara, Milik (out of the squad) remain unavailable, along with injured players Nico Gonzalez, Conceiçao and Cambiaso. Celik may be recovered for the bench. A return to the 4-4-2 formation is expected, with Bremer, McKennie, Douglas Luiz and Cabal returning as starters after rotation in the cup.
The Week 11 Serie A match between Fiorentina and Juventus will be refereed by Andrea Colombo from the Como section. He will be assisted by Giovanni Baccini and Marco Ceccon, while the fourth official will be Fabio Maresca. Aleandro Di Paolo will be in the VAR role, with Francesco Meraviglia as AVAR. The match will be broadcast exclusively on DAZN (via streaming, in the app and website, as well as on Sky channel 214, with a specific subscription). Live text commentary will be available on Gazzetta.it.
Source: La Gazzetta dello Sport