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Franco Israel returns to Torino’s starting XI and Ché Adams starts against Nikola Štulić’s Lecce in the Serie A lunch-time game on Sunday.
It kicks off at 12:30 CET (11:30 GMT) at the Stadio Via del Mare.
Jean, Marchwinski, Perez and Pierret are unavailable for the home side, while Torino must cope without Schuurs, Simeone and Ismajli.
However, the Granata see Israel return to action after an injury, and Scotland international Ché Adams starts up front despite having had the flu earlier this week.
Eusebio Di Francesco’s Lecce reply with their usual 4-3-3 system, picking Santiago Perotti, Stulic and Lameck Banda in attack.
Lecce are currently in the relegation zone with 10 points in 12 games, while Torino have 14 points, but have only collected three points in the last four games and lost the previous match 5-1 at home against Como.
Both Lecce and Torino have only won one of their last five league games.
Below are the official starting line-ups for Lecce-Torino and live updates from the Via del Mare.
Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Danilo Veiga, Gaspar, Tiago Gabriel, Gallo; Ramadani, Coulibaly; Pierotti, Berisha, Banda; Stulic.
Torino (3-5-2): Israel; Tameze, Maripan, Coco; Pedersen, Casadei, Asllani, Gineitis, Nkounkou; Adams, Vlasic.
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