Conference League line-ups: Mainz vs. Fiorentina

Fiorentina make their debut under caretaker manager Daniele Galloppa, relying on Roberto Piccoli and Jacopo Fazzini in the Conference League with Mainz.

It kicks off at the Mainz Arena at 17.45 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Rangers-Roma and Bologna-Brann on the Liveblog.

The Viola pulled the plug on Stefano Pioli’s brief reign this week after he scraped three draws in 10 Serie A rounds, leaving them rock bottom.

Their results in the Conference League have so far been very different, beating Sigma Olomouc 2-0 and Rapid Vienna 3-0.

Awaiting the choice of new coach, Primavera youth team boss Galloppa takes charge this evening, but he is without injured Robin Gosens and Tariq Lamptey.

There is inevitably squad rotation, as Piccoli and Fazzini lead the attack, with Simon Sohm, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia and Cher Ndour in midfield.

Mainz are in a not dissimilar position, managing just one win and two draws in their first nine Bundesliga matches, yet they have won both Conference League fixtures.

The Germans earned 1-0 victories over both Omonia Nicosia and Zrinjski Mostar.

Maxim Leitsch is struggling with flu symptoms, while Maxim Dal and Anthony Caci are long-term absentees.

Kasey Bos and Niklas Tauer are not on their UEFA squad list.

Familiar faces include former Udinese left-back Silvan Widmer and ex-Genoa midfielder Nadiem Amiri.

Mainz: Zentner; Potulski, Da Costa, Kohr; Mwene, Amiri, Maloney, Kawasaki; Nebel, Welper, Sieb

Mainz bench: Riess, Batz, Sano, JS Lee, Nordin, Boving, Hollerbach, Veratschnig, Hanche-Olsen, Widmer, Bobzien, Gleiber

Fiorentina: Martinelli; Pongracic, Pablo Marì, Ranieri; Dodo, Sohm, Nicolussi Caviglia, Ndour, Fortini; Fazzini, Piccoli

Fiorentina bench: Lezzerini, De Gea, Mandragora, Dzeko, Comuzzo, Kean, Richardson, Viti, Fagioli, Kouadio, Parisi