Fiorentina will look to Andrea Belotti in a home Serie A game against Milan, the first since Joe Barone’s tragic death.

It kicks off at 19:45 GMT at the Stadio Franchi in Florence. Football Italia will be among the accredited media.

The suspended Giacomo Bonaventura is the only absentee for the hosts who will play the first competitive match since Barone’s death.

The Stadio Franchi will be sold out, and fans will pay respects to the club director, who was taken ill hours before a Serie A match against Atalanta on Sunday, March 17. He died at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan two days later.

Despite returning from international duty with Argentina on Thursday, Nico Gonzalez is expected to start as a right winger. His compatriot Lucas Beltran is favourite over Antonin Barak.

Milan are without the injured Pierre Kalulu, Tommaso Pobega and Simon Kjaer, while Theo Hernandez is suspended.

Alessandro Florenzi will replace the France international, while Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao and Ruben Loftus-Cheek will play behind Olivier Giroud.

Fiorentina vs Milan – probable line-ups

Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Kayode, Milenkovic, Martinez Quarta, Biraghi; Arthur, Mandragora; Nico Gonzalez, Beltran, Sottil; Belotti.

Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Florenzi; Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud.

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