Khouma Babacar leads the line for Fiorentina at Qarabag, with Federico Chiesa also handed a start.

Coach Paulo Sousa opts for a 4-2-3-1 shape as the Tuscans look to confirm their place in the next round of the Europa League.

The Viola will qualify for the Last 32 as long as they avoid defeat in Azerbaijan, and would even go through with a loss if PAOK don’t beat Slovan Liberec.

Paulo Sousa’s side are virtually through in any case, as they’d have to lose by six goals or more for the Greek side to leapfrog them.

Khouma Babacar leads the line for Fiorentina at Qarabag, with Federico Chiesa also handed a start.

Coach Paulo Sousa opts for a 4-2-3-1 shape as the Tuscans look to confirm their place in the next round of the Europa League.

The Viola will qualify for the Last 32 as long as they avoid defeat in Azerbaijan, and would even go through with a loss if PAOK don’t beat Slovan Liberec.

Paulo Sousa’s side are virtually through in any case, as they’d have to lose by six goals or more for the Greek side to leapfrog them.

Qarabag will qualify with a win, or with a draw if PAOK don’t win, but would have to thrash the Viola by four goals or more to top the group.

The final possible scenario is for Czech side Slovan Liberec to qualify, which will happen if they win and Fiorentina are also victorious.

Sousa hinted yesterday that Luca Lezzerini could play in goal, but Ciprian Tatarusanu retains his place from the win over Palermo.

Babacar scored a late winner in that match, and will be aiming to build on his impressive record of four goals in five Europa League games so far.

Qarabag: Sehic; Gurbanov, Hüseynov, Sadygov, Agolli; Amirguliyev, Garayev, Almeida; Quintana, Ndlovu, Muarem

Qarabag bench: Dasdamirov, Diniyev, Izmailov, Madatov, Reynaldo, Saranov, Yunuszade

Fiorentina: Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Rodriguez, Astori, Maxi Olivera; Badelj, Vecino; Bernardeschi, Cristoforo, Chiesa; Babacar

Fiorentina bench: Ilicic, Kalinic, Lezzerini, Salcedo, Sanchez, Valero, Zarate

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