18:00 Fiorentina – Atalanta

Vincenzo Montella said in an interview earlier this week that this tournament is priority for his club, alongside with Serie A.The hosts have big traditions in this tournament, as they have won six titles until this moment and reached the final last season.

Neto (first goalkeeper), Lupatelli (goalkeeper), Jose Maria Basanta (defender / 1 goal), Aquilani (midfielder), Lazzari (midfielder), Octavio (midfielder), Ilicic (midfielder / 1 goal), Bernardeschi (midfielder), Rossi (striker) and El Hamdaoui (striker / 1 goal) will miss the upcoming match against Atalanta B.C., but only three of those nine players have played more than ten games for their team so far this season.

Atalanta B.C. is coming from an impressive 1-0 victory at “San Siro” (A.C. Milan – Atalanta B.C. 0-1 on 18.01.2015), but the Blue-Blacks are still close to the teams in the relegation zone and what is also important, they had problems in most of their away games this season (2-4-4 5-11).

Cherubin (defender), Benalouane (defender / 1 goal), Estigarribia (midfielder / 1 goal), Raimondi (midfielder), Pinilla (striker) and Denis (striker / 4 goals) will miss this match for the away team, but Stefano Colantuono could make additional changes in the starting lineup.

The hosts have won four of the previous five games between these two teams at this stadium, while one match ended with draw (4-1-0 12-4).