Serie A Week 27: Fiorentina vs. Lecce – Official line-ups and updates

The line-ups for the first Serie A match of the 27th round of fixtures have been confirmed, as Fiorentina host Lecce at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Friday night.

Fiorentina are coming in off the back of a 1-0 loss to Hellas Verona on Sunday, which puts the team in seventh place at the start of this weekend. Lecce were beaten 1-0 by Udinese in the Friday night slot last week, but had gone three games unbeaten before then.

La Viola are without Moise Kean after he was stretchered off during the 1-0 loss against Verona on Sunday. He has been discharged from hospital following his nasty head injury, but the Lecce game is one too soon for him to return to action. Andrea Colpani and Yacine Adli also remain out through injury.

Lucas Beltran starts up top in Kean’s absence, with support coming from Nicolo Zaniolo, in what is expected to be a 5-3-2 for Fiorentina. Danilo Cataldi and Rolando Mandragora keep their places in midfield and are joined by Italy U21 star Cher Ndour, who is on for his full Serie A debut.

Kick-off is due at 19.45 GMT.

Fiorentina vs. Lecce: Confirmed line-ups

Fiorentina (5-3-2): De Gea; Dodò, Pongracic, Marì, Ranieri, Gosens; Ndour, Cataldi, Mandragora; Beltran, Zaniolo.

Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Guilbert, Baschirotto, Jean, Gallo; Coulibaly, Pierret, Berisha; Karlsson, Krstovic, Morente.