Raffaele Palladino has made just two changes to the Fiorentina team that played for 17 minutes against Inter on Sunday, while Roberto D;Avera has gone with a youthful Empoli side ahead of

Good evening and welcome to the Football Italia liveblog for Wednesday night’s coverage of the Coppa Italia Round of 16 fixture between Fiorentina and Empoli.

Empoli reached the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup on Wednesday after beating Fiorentina, who were playing their first match since Edoardo Bove's collapse, 4-3 on penalties.Sebastiano Esposito struck the winning spot-kick after also netting the goal which took the match to a 2-2 draw and the decisive shootout.

The Coppa Italia can bring prestige to non-top teams and give meaning to the big clubs that are already starting to feel disappointed with the start of the season. Fiorentina is exceeding

Empoli progressed to the Coppa Italia quarter-finals at the expense of Fiorentina after a 2-2 game across the 90 minutes and a 4-3 penalty shootout victory for the visitors in testing circumstances

The Viola open their Coppa Italia campaign with another Derby dell’Arno that’ll be even more emotionally charged than usual.