Two clubs in the top half of the Serie A table will do battle today in a league match between Fiorentina and Torino. 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.

After an impressive Serie A campaign with Fiorentina, the services of manager Vincenzo Montella have been widely sought after. Montella, however, is dedicated to the club's cause and insists it's where he belongs (h/t to Forza Italian Football). "I think I have always been serene, my statements always belonged to a coach that wants to stay," he told the press.

"Otherwise, I would have used a different strategy. If I had run out of enthusiasm, I could have eluded my exit clause; my will was and is to stay," he added.

"The timing and the means of my words were not wrong because I told them first what was necessary to improve the standings. I know the players better than they do because I see them every day. I knew we would reach the fourth place."

"Our target is not to lose our identity and our way of doing football, we must remain ourselves also in the defeats; we must absolutely not lose that.

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Tactical Preview

Player to Watch: Despite a myriad of injuries, Fiorentina's Giuseppe Rossi was named to the provisional World Cup roster for the Italian national team. The 27-year-old has 15 goals and three assists in 18 starts this season.

Fiorentina's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Rosati; Pasquai, Roncaglia, Rodriguez, Tomovic; Aquilani, Pizarro, Valero; Cuadrado, Rossi, Ilicic

Torino's Projected Lineup (3-5-2): Padelli; Moretti, Gilk, Vesovic, Darmian, Kaddouri, Vives, Kurtic, Maksimovic; Maggiorini, Cerci

(h/t to WhoScored)

Standings

Rnk

Team

MP

W

D

L

GF

GA

+/-

Pts

1

Juventus

38

33

3

2

80

23

57

102

2

AS Roma

38

26

7

5

72

25

47

85

3

Napoli

37

22

9

6

72

38

34

75

4

Fiorentina

37

19

7

11

63

42

21

64

5

Internazionale

37

15

15

7

61

37

24

60

6

Torino

37

15

11

11

56

46

10

56

7

Parma

37

14

13

10

56

46

10

55

8

AC Milan

37

15

9

13

55

48

7

54

9

Verona

37

16

6

15

61

63

-2

54

10

Lazio

37

14

11

12

53

54

-1

53

11

Atalanta

38

15

5

18

43

51

-8

50

12

Sampdoria

38

12

9

17

48

62

-14

45

13

Udinese

38

12

8

18

46

57

-11

44

14

Genoa

38

11

11

16

41

50

-9

44

15

Cagliari

38

9

12

17

34

53

-19

39

16

Sassuolo

37

9

7

21

42

70

-28

34

17

Chievo

37

9

6

22

32

53

-21

33

18

Catania

38

8

8

22

34

66

-32

32

19

Bologna

37

5

14

18

28

57

-29

29

20

Livorno

37

6

7

24

39

75

-36

25