Fiorentina will continue their exciting European adventure as they take on Sivasspor in the round of 16 of the Europa Conference League, having impressively made it past Portuguese side SC Braga in the previous round.
La Viola have taken solace in the cup competitions this season as they are into the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia where they will face Cremonese and they will back themselves to knock out Sivasspor who are currently 12th in the Turkish Super Lig.
The first leg takes place at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Thursday night and fans will hope the improved performances compared to Serie A games continue.
Fiorentina vs Sivasspor: Predicted line-ups
There are no suspension worries for Vincenzo Italiano ahead of this match which makes his job much easier. The main fitness doubt is Aleksa Terzic who was out of the win over AC Milan in Serie A at the weekend with a muscle injury.
It seems likely that Pietro Terracciano will be in goal against Sivasspor even though Salvatore Sirigu was given a start in the second leg against Braga when Fiorentina were already 4-0 up.
The major issue for Sivasspor is that their joint-top scorer in the Europa Conference League, Mustapha Yatabare could be out as he is recovering from an injury he suffered in January. Caner Osmanpasa and Robin Yalcin are struggling to make it back to fitness as well.
Fiorentina predicted XI vs Sivasspor (4-3-3): Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Igor, Biraghi; Mandragora, Amrabat, Bonaventura; Ikone, Jovic, Gonzalez.
Sivasspor predicted XI vs Fiorentina (4-1-4-1): Vural; Yesilyurt, Goutas, Appindangoye, Ciftci; Cofie; Saiz, Arslan, Charisis, Gradel; Caicedo.
Fiorentina vs Sivasspor: When does the Europa Conference League fixture start?
The Europa Conference League fixture of Fiorentina vs Sivasspor kicks off at 21:00 CET – local time in Italy – making it a 20:00 GMT kick-off.
In the United States, kick-off of Fiorentina vs Sivasspor is 15:00 ET or 12:0- PT.
Fiorentina vs Sivasspor: Where to watch the Europa Conference League fixture?
In the United States, every Europa Conference League game in 2022/23 can be seen on Paramount+, including Fiorentina vs Sivasspor and the other standout fixtures of the Europa Conference League play-off round.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, you can watch Fiorentina vs Sivasspor on BT Sport 3.
