Frosinone are forced to completely revamp their line-up, which is not ideal against on-form Atalanta with Papu Gomez and Duvan Zapata.
It kicks off at the Stadio Benito Stirpe at 11.30 GMT.
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens from all today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Frosinone are forced to completely revamp their line-up, which is not ideal against on-form Atalanta with Papu Gomez and Duvan Zapata.
It kicks off at the Stadio Benito Stirpe at 11.30 GMT.
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens from all today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
The Canarini are in penultimate place, kept off the bottom spot only by the fact Chievo started with a three-point penalty for financial irregularities.
New Coach Marco Baroni has improved their fortunes of late with some positive results against Milan and Udinese, but the 1-0 loss to Chievo going into the winter break was damaging.
To make matters worse, their squad is decimated, as Marco Capuano and Camillo Ciano are suspended, with Daniel Ciofani, Francesco Zampano, Lorenzo Ariaudo, Emil Hallfredsson, Federico Dionisi and Luca Paganini injured.
It means Luca Valzania makes his Frosinone debut against Atalanta, the club he left on loan this month.
Atalanta ended 2018 with a 6-2 mauling of Sassuolo and climbed back into the thick of the Europa League race.
Remo Freuler is on the treatment table and Ali Adnan on Asian Cup duty, so Timothy Castagne and Hans Hateboer take the wings.
Papu Gomez scored a brace when Atalanta crushed Frosinone 4-0 in the opening round and he supports Duvan Zapata with Josip Ilicic.
Goals ought to be guaranteed, because in the first half of the season Atalanta were the most prolific team on 39 goals and Frosinone the leakiest defence with 37.
Frosinone: Sportiello; Brighenti, Goldaniga, Krajnc; Ghiglione, Chibsah, Maiello, Valzania, Molinaro; Campbell, Pinamonti
Atalanta: Berisha; Toloi, Djimsiti, Mancini; Hateboer, Pasalic, De Roon, Castagne; Gomez; Ilicic, Duvan Zapata
Ref: Chiffi