REGGIO NELL’EMILIA, ITALY – AUGUST 28: Edin Dzeko of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Europa Conference League 2025/2026 Play-Off 1st leg match between ACF Fiorentina and FC Polissya Zhytomyr at Mapei Stadium – Citta’ del Tricolore on August 28, 2025 in Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)
Fiorentina in crisis play their final Conference League opening phase game away to Lausanne-Sport with Edin Dzeko and Roberto Piccoli.
It kicks off at the Stade de la Tulliere at 20.00 GMT.
You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Napoli vs. AC Milan Supercoppa Italiana on the Liveblog.
This is the last match of League phase in the Conference League, and Fiorentina find themselves in 11th place on nine points, one more than their Swiss opponents.
Pretty much everything is still up for grabs going in, as a victory could send them directly into the Round of 16, or they could miss out altogether on the play-offs.
The crisis is all-encompassing, without a single Serie A win all season, and losing their last two in Europe.
Coach Paolo Vanoli knows the focus has to be avoiding relegation, so he rotates the squad with Dzeko and Piccoli upfront.
Christian Kouame gets his first start of the season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament last term, with Eddy Kouadio and Amir Richardson also given rare chances.
Robin Gosens and Jacopo Fazzini did not make the trip, while Cher Ndour is suspended.
Lausanne-Sport are missing Nicky Beloko, Oscar Renovales, Ethan Bruchez and Muhanad Alsaad, while Gaoussou Diakite is on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Brandon Soppy is on loan from Atalanta and therefore a familiar face for Serie A.
Lausanne-Sport vs. Fiorentina line-ups
Lausanne-Sport: Letica; Soppy, Mouanga, Sow, Fofana; Sigua, Roche, Butler-Oyedeji; Lekoueiry; Bair, Kana-Biyik
Lausanne-Sport bench: Castella, Okoh, Ajdini, Custodio, Traore, Poaty, Abdallah, Ndiaye, Bittarelli, Lippo, Lachhab, Franchi
Fiorentina: Martinelli; Pongracic, Marì, Viti; Kouadio, Sohm, Nicolussi Caviglia, Richardson, Kouamé; Dzeko, Piccoli
Fiorentina bench: Lezzerini, De Gea, Dodo, Ranieri, Mandragora, Gudmundsson, Comuzzo, Kean, Kospo, Fortini, Fagioli, Parisi
Ref: D’hondt (BEL)
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