Overview
- Official line-ups confirmed, with Paolo Vanoli rotating Fiorentina and giving Venezuelan left-back Luis Balbo a senior debut alongside January additions Jack Harrison, Giovanni Fabbian, Jacopo Fazzini and Marco Brescianini.
- Como arrive after a 6-0 win over Torino under Cesc Fàbregas, with Maxence Caqueret and Sergi Roberto starting as bookmakers lean toward the visitors.
- During the match, strikers Roberto Piccoli and Tasos Douvikas went off injured, with Piccoli departing after scoring the opener and Douvikas replaced by Nico Paz following a right-ankle problem.
- Fiorentina are already without Moise Kean, Fabiano Parisi and Tariq Lamptey through injury, and Hans Nicolussi Caviglia is reported to be close to a move to Parma.
- This is a rematch of the September league meeting at the Franchi, which Como won 2-1.