Fiorentina have an injury crisis on their hands for the crunch Europa League quarter-final with Dynamo Kiev.

It kicks off at 20.05 UK time (19.05 GMT), follow the action as it happens on our LIVEBLOG.

The first leg ended 1-1 in Ukraine thanks to a last-gasp Khouma Babacar overhead kick, but the Senegalese striker has been ruled out for the rest of the season by a knee injury.

Fiorentina have an injury crisis on their hands for the crunch Europa League quarter-final with Dynamo Kiev.

It kicks off at 20.05 UK time (19.05 GMT), follow the action as it happens on our LIVEBLOG.

The first leg ended 1-1 in Ukraine thanks to a last-gasp Khouma Babacar overhead kick, but the Senegalese striker has been ruled out for the rest of the season by a knee injury.

With Giuseppe Rossi and Federico Bernardeschi also long-term absentees, Alberto Gilardino and Alessandro Diamanti are not on the UEFA list.

This means Mario Gomez is essentially the only pure striker in the squad, but has support from Mohamed Salah and Joaquin.

David Pizarro is not 100 per cent fit either, but does start, while Norberto Neto continues to keep the goalkeeping gloves.

Jose Basanta returns from suspension after missing the first leg, but is only on the bench.

Dynamo Kiev have some important players out of action too, as Evgeniy Makarenko and Miguel Veloso are injured with Aleksandar Dragovic suspended.

It’s a turning point in the campaign for Fiorentina, who crashed out of the Coppa Italia semi-finals and are falling behind in Serie A after Monday’s shock 1-0 home defeat to Hellas Verona.

There will also be immense tension if it goes to penalties, as so far this season the Viola have failed to convert all four of their Serie A spot-kicks.

Fiorentina have lost only one of their 11 Europa League matches this season, but won just two out of five on home turf.

Fiorentina: Neto; Tomovic, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Savic, Alonso; Matias Fernandez, Pizarro, Borja Valero; Salah, Gomez, Joaquin
Fiorentina bench: Tatarusanu, Basanta, Pasqual, Badelj, Vargas, Aquilani, Ilicic

Dynamo Kiev: Shovkovskiy; Danilo Silva, Vida, Khacheridi, Antunes; Buyalskiy, Rybalka; Yarmolenko, Belhanda, Lens; Teodorczyk

Dynamo bench: Rybka, Betao, Sydorchuk, Garmash, Gusev, Chumak, Kalitvintsev

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