Fiorentina imagine Roberto Piccoli and Jacopo Fazzini can encourage them within the Convention League Spherical of 16 with Polish aspect Rakow Czestochowa.
It kicks off at at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).
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UDINE, ITALY – MARCH 02: Fiorentina supervisor Paolo Vanoli seems on from the bench through the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Friuli on March 02, 2026 in Udine, Italy. (Picture by Timothy Rogers/Getty Pictures)
The Viola scraped by to the Spherical of 16 after a rare play-off with Jagiellonia, the place they received the primary leg 3-0 away, misplaced the second by the identical end result at dwelling, simply
That they had been on such good type till that recreation, which proved to be the beginning of a downward pattern of two defeats and a 0-0 draw with Parma.
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Coach Paolo Vanoli is lacking suspended Marin Pongracic, injured Moise Kean, Manor Solomon, Luca Lezzerini and Tariq Lamptey.
He additionally faces the stress of resting gamers for the upcoming essential Serie A relegation battle with Cremonese.
With that in thoughts, Piccoli leads the assault flanked by Jacopo Fazzini and in a extra superior function than standard Fabiano Parisi.
David De Gea is rested in favour of Oliver Christensen, with Rolando Mandragora and Giovanni Fabbian in midfield.
FLORENCE, ITALY – JANUARY 24: Rolando Mandragora of ACF Fiorentina reacts through the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and Cagliari Calcio at Artemio Franchi on January 24, 2026 in Florence, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
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Rakow are at present fourth within the Polish prime flight, however completed second within the Convention League opening section because of 4 victories and two attracts.
They’re above all else strong, conceding simply two targets in these six league section matches.
This membership received the Polish title for the primary time in 2023 and confronted Atalanta within the Champions League the next season.
Their star striker is Norwegian Jonatan Braut Brunes, who’s a cousin of Erling Haaland and scored 20 targets in all competitors this time period.
Nevertheless, their prime scorer within the Convention League is Lamine Diaby-Fadiga on six targets, thanks largely to his hat-trick towards Fast Vienna.
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One other odd Serie A hyperlink is defender Fran Tudor, nephew of ex-Juventus and present Tottenham Hotspur coach Igor Tudor.
Fiorentina vs. Rakow line-ups
Fiorentina: Christensen; Fortini, Comuzzo, Ranieri, Gosens; Fabbian, Mandragora, Ndour; Parisi, Piccoli, Fazzini
Fiorentina bench: De Gea, Leonardelli, Dodo, Gudmundsson, Harrison, Fagioli, Kouadio, Braschi, Balbo, Bonanno, Sadotti
Rakow: Zych; Tudor, Racovitan, Svarnas; Ameyaw, Repka, Struski, Plenkp; Makuch, Brunes, Lopez
Rakow bench: Trelowski, Czeremski, Mosor, Bulat, Amorim, Leonardo Rocha, Napieraj, Arsenic, Ilenic, Mircetic, Diaby-Fadiga
Ref: Kabakov (BUL)
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