Two clubs in the top half of the Serie A table will do battle today in a league match between Fiorentina and AS Roma. The first-division clash scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET will be held at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on beIN Sports.
What They're Saying
Fiorentina manager Vincenzo Montella (via Football Italia): "As of today, there is no possibility Cuadrado will leave Fiorentina. He knows that certain things get exaggerated. It's just idle chatter. He's pretty accustomed to it."
Roma midfielder Alessandro Florenzi (via Football Italia): "It's seen as a bad spell, but we mustn't make a drama out of it. We have 41 points, are in the Coppa Italia quarterfinals and want to go as far as possible in the Europa League. We played badly recently, but we want to turn things around. We are fully aware of our strength and that it's not being reflected right now."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: With Gervinho away on Africa Cup of Nations duty, Roma turn to Adem Ljajic on the wing. In 17 league appearances, the 23-year-old has six goals and an average of 1.4 key passes.
Fiorentina's Projected Lineup (3-5-2): Tatarusanu; Basanta, Rodriguez, Tomovic; Pasqual, Valero, Pizarro, Fernandez, Joaquin; Gomez, Cuadrado
AS Roma's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Sanctis; Holebas, Manolas, Mbiwa, Maicon; Strootman, Rossi, Nainggolan; Ljajic, Totti, Pjanic
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (lineups and statistics via WhoScored).
Standings
| Rnk | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 9 | 33 | 46 | |||
| 2 | AS Roma | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 41 | |||
| 3 | Lazio | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 4 | Napoli | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 5 | Sampdoria | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 33 | |||
| 6 | Fiorentina | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Genoa | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Internazionale | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Palermo | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 26 | |||
| 10 | AC Milan | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Sassuolo | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Udinese | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | -3 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Torino | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Verona | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Atalanta | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -9 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Empoli | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Cagliari | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Chievo | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Cesena | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 39 | -22 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Parma | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 41 | -23 | 9 |
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