Fiorentina - Napoli Serie A Thursday - December 22
Fiorentina - Napoli Serie A Thursday - December 22Fiorentina and Napoli go against each other in a meeting of the next round of the Italian Serie A game will be played on 22.12.2016g. (Thursday) at 21:45 local time on the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence, and the chief judge of the match will be Paolo Talyavento.
Fiorentina lost 3: 1 away to Lazio on Sunday night. The loss was the second in a row for Viola in Serie A and left the team to eighth place in the standings with a total of 26 points. Against Napoli, boys Paulo Sousa will try to interrupt the negative series.
Carlos Salzedo returned to the composition of Fiorentina after serving a sentence of one meeting. Mexican defender will take his usual position in central defense where he will partner with Gonzalo Rodriguez and David Astor. Nenad Tomovic and Borja Valero have minor injuries and are questionable for the match. On top of the attack Fiorentina in this meeting will be Nenad Kalinic.
Napoli won 5: 3 against Torino at the weekend. It was the third straight win for sky-blue in Serie A, which they climbed to fourth place in the standings with a total of 34 points. Besides the victory in these three matches, Napoli managed to unclog, scoring a total of 13 goals.
With 7 goals in the last 2 matches, Dries Mertens confirms its place at the top of the attack. Belgian should continue their upward form since January is expected to attract Leonardo Pavoleti of Genoa and the return after injury Arkadiusz Millikan. Another injured in camp Napoli is Kalidu Coulibaly. Given the strong performance in recent meetings, Maurizio Sari does not intend to make changes in the starting lineup.
Fiorentina hinted at problems in his last two games. Napoli itself is in its best period of the season in Serie A. Led by the brilliant Dries Mertens, guests will hardly fail to leave with all three points in Florence.