Genoa are amid an injury crisis - partly accounting for Mario Balotelli's arrival outside the transfer window - as first-choice goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini joins Junior Messias, Mattia Bani, Ruslan Malinovskyi and Vitinha on the sidelines.

Koni De Winter and Caleb Ekuban will also miss Thursday's game, but captain Milan Badelj seems to have overcome a muscular problem, having returned to the bench at the weekend.

With Balotelli not yet up to speed, Andrea Pinamonti continues to lead the line alone: the Grifone's top scorer has previously found the net three times against Fiorentina in Serie A - all with different clubs (Frosinone, Empoli and Sassuolo).

Meanwhile, the Viola will be without ex-Genoa striker Albert Gudmundsson, Rolando Mandragora and Marin Pongracic through injury.

After establishing himself in the first team, drawing praise from his coach for expertly handling Roma's Artem Dovbyk last weekend, Pietro Comuzzo has sprained an ankle and may also miss out.

Due to a busy fixture list which takes them to Turin and then Cyprus in the next few days, Fiorentina may also make more changes to their starting XI.

Genoa possible starting lineup:

Leali; Sabelli, Vogliacco, Vasquez, Matturro; Zanoli, Badelj, Frendrup, Martin; Miretti; Pinamonti

Fiorentina possible starting lineup:

De Gea; Dodo, Martinez Quarta, Ranieri, Gosens; Adli, Richardson; Colpani, Beltran, Bove; Kean