Overview
- Kickoff is at 21:00 local time at the Artemio Franchi in Florence for the first game of the group stage.
- The match airs live exclusively on Sky Sport channels with streaming on Sky Go and Now.
- Moise Kean is unavailable due to suspension for this fixture.
- Fiorentina enter winless in five Serie A matches with three away draws and home defeats to Napoli and Como.
- Previews list differing probable lineups, with options ranging from a 3-5-2 featuring Dzeko and Piccoli to a 3-5-1-1 with Gudmundsson behind Piccoli, while Sigma arrive in mixed form and the officials are led by German referee Badstubner with VAR Brand, per Tuttosport.