Sitting 13th in the Serie A table, Fiorentina only have nine points from nine matches. Out of them, only two were victories, while they already suffered four defeats.
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Fiorentina will hope to maintain their stronghold over second place in the Europa Conference League Group A when they take on Hearts. The Thursday night clash at the Artemio Franchi Stadium will be difficult to call since both sides will be entering this contest on the back of an inconsistent run. On paper, Fiorentina have to be the favourites, thanks to their thumping victory in the reverse fixture last week. However, their domestic form has been a major cause for concern.
| Fiorentina vs Hearts | Key Details |
| Date | 13th October |
| Venue | Stadio Artemio Franchi |
| Kickoff time India | 10:15 pm |
| Kickoff time Italy | 6:45 pm |
| Kickoff time Scotland | 5:45 pm |
Sitting 13th in the Serie A table, Fiorentina only have nine points from nine matches. Out of them, only two were victories, while they already suffered four defeats. They are heading into this contest on the back of a 4-0 drubbing by Lazio in their last match. However, Fiorentina can take comfort from their 3-0 win over Hearts in the reverse fixture. On the other hand, the Scottish side are also struggling for consistency this season. They are sitting 5th in the league table with 14 points from nine games. In Group A of the Europa Conference League, Hearts are third with three points and Fiorentina are second with four points.
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As far as the absentees are concerned, the visitors have the bulk of them. Hearts will be without the services of Beni Baningime for this clash. He will be joined on the sidelines by Kye Rowles, Liam Boyce and Craig Halkett. Besides, Lewis Neilson will miss this clash due to suspension. It will be interesting to see how they will replace the missing players in the squad. As for Fiorentina are concerned, they will also miss a couple of players for this match. Gaetano Castrovilli is expected to be a long-term absentee due to a knee injury, whereas Riccardo Sottil’s participation is doubtful for this contest.
Fiorentina possible line-up: Gollini, Terzic, Martinez, Igor, Biraghi, Bonaventura, Amrabat, Mandragora, Kouame, Jovic, Saponara
Hearts possible line-up: Gordon, Smith, Kingsley, Cochrane, Smith, Kiomourtzoglou, Devlin, Halliday, McKay, Ginnelly, Shankland
The Europa Conference League match between Fiorentina and Hearts will take place at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Thursday at 10:15 pm IST.
The live coverage of the Europa Conference League match between Fiorentina and Hearts will be available on Sky Sport 253, SKY Go Italia, DAZN, NOW TV, Sky Sport Football in Italy; and BTSport.com, BT Sport 3, BT Sport App in the United Kingdom.
