Chievo host Fiorentina at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi as Week 16 of Serie A resumes on Sunday.
La Viola's inconsistent league form has seen them pick up three wins in their last four, lifting them back up to fifth in the table having dropped as low as tenth in recent weeks.
Chievo have based their relative success this season on a miserly defence, which have conceded just 16 goals this season, just three more than leaders Inter.
And they sit comfortably in eleventh position and a victory this weekend will see Domenico Di Carlo’s men go level on points with their opponents.
Long-term absentee Adrian Mutu continues to miss out for the Viola, along with Azzurri centre-back Alessandro Gamberini, influential midfielder Cristiano Zanetti and the versatile Massimo Gobbi
Joint top-scorer Michele Marcolini is ruled out through suspension for the Flying Donkeys, while their backline is lacking Fabio Moro, Frenchman Nicolas Frey and on-loan Empoli defender Felice Piccolo.
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