Fiorentina need a miracle to overturn the 3-0 Europa League semi-final defeat to Sevilla and start Josip Ilicic instead of Mario Gomez.

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The Viola paid the price for numerous wasted opportunities in Spain and defensive errors that saw them lose 3-0 to the trophy holders.

Fiorentina need a miracle to overturn the 3-0 Europa League semi-final defeat to Sevilla and start Josip Ilicic instead of Mario Gomez.

It kicks off at 20.05 UK time (19.05 GMT), follow this and Dnipro v Napoli on our LIVEBLOG.

The Viola paid the price for numerous wasted opportunities in Spain and defensive errors that saw them lose 3-0 to the trophy holders.

Vincenzo Montella’s men had been in the running for three tournaments until last month, when it all started to fall apart amid a season-long injury crisis.

They went out of the Coppa Italia in the semi-final, have fallen behind in Serie A with some heavy defeats and have only a slim chance of progressing in Europe.

Out of action for this game are Khouma Babacar, Micah Richards, Giuseppe Rossi and Juan Manuel Vargas, while Mohamed Salah starts despite not being 100 per cent fit.

The big surprise is that Gomez is dropped after missing a series of sitters, giving room to Josip Ilicic as a False 9.

The Slovenian has been on fine form of late, bagging five goals in his last three Serie A games, so this is a reward for his efforts.

Sevilla miss Nicolas Pareja, while Beto is on the bench despite recovering from injury.

Stephane Mbia had been a major doubt after suffering a head injury in the first leg, but he’s in the starting XI.

Carlos Bacca is the hitman to watch out for, though Aleix Vidal was the man who caused Fiorentina the most problems in the first leg.

Sevilla won the Europa League last season and hope to retain the trophy in Warsaw.

Fiorentina: Neto; Alonso, Basanta, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Savic; Borja Valero, Pizarro, Mati Fernandez; Salah, Ilicic, Joaquin

Fiorentina bench: Tatarusanu, Pasqual, Badelj, Aquilani, Lazzari, Bernardeschi, Gomez

Sevilla: Rico; Coke, Daniel Carrico, Kolodziejczak, Tremoulinas; Mbia, Krychowiak; Aleix Vidal, Banega, Vitolo; Bacca

Sevilla bench: Beto, Fernando Navarro, Figueiras, Reyes, Iborra, Suarez, Gameiro

Ref: Skomina (SVN)

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