Atalanta are forced to improvise on the right, with Josip Ilicic, Ruslan Malinovskyi and Luis Muriel upfront, while Torino give Rolando Mandragora his debut.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, as does SassuoloSpezia.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s four Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

Atalanta are forced to improvise on the right, with Josip Ilicic, Ruslan Malinovskyi and Luis Muriel upfront, while Torino give Rolando Mandragora his debut.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, as does Sassuolo-Spezia.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s four Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

La Dea saw their extraordinary form hit a few bumps over the last week, losing 3-1 at home to Lazio in Serie A and drawing 0-0 in the Coppa Italia semi-final at Napoli.

The second leg of that tie is coming up on Wednesday, so Gian Piero Gasperini is torn between squad rotation and patching up for injuries.

Both Hans Hateboer and Joakim Maehle are out of action, so Gasp has to improvise with Robin Gosens switched over to the right wing-back role.

Ilicic returns to the starting XI with Muriel and Malinovskyi, moving Matteo Pessina into a deeper role.

Torino are unbeaten under new coach Davide Nicola, as he picked up two draws since replacing Marco Giampaolo.

The January transfer window brought in reinforcements and ex-Udinese midfielder Mandragora is thrown straight into the starting XI.

Antonio Sanabria tested positive for COVID-19, so his debut is delayed, while Mergim Vojvoda is also injured.

Toro have every reason to be wary, because they suffered an historic 7-0 defeat here in January 2020.

Atalanta: Gollini; Toloi, Romero, Palomino; Gosens, De Roon, Pessina, Ruggeri; Malinovskyi; Ilicic, Muriel

Torino: Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Bremer; Singo, Lukic, Mandragora, Rincon, Murru; Zaza, Belotti

Ref: Fourneau

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