Fiorentina winger Mauro Zarate. (Photo : Getty Images)
Bottom three squad Frosinone Calcio (7-17-5, 26 points) is set to host struggling contenders ACF Fiorentina (16-7-6, 54 points) at their home field of Stadio Matusa on March 20th, Sunday as the 2015-2016 Serie A season gradually draws to a close.
Frosinone is currently third from the bottom in the Italian top flight's league table, with only Carpi FC and Hellas Verona having worse win-loss-draw records.
The team is precariously leading the bottom two squads by only a point and seven points respectively, while they are only a point away from the safety zone with Palermo having 27 points in the overall standings.
I Canarini was defeated by Carpi, 1-2, last Sunday at the Stadio Alberto Braglia in Modena, as reported by ESPN.
I Biancorossi midfielder Raffaele Bianco scored the opening goal of the match at the 27th minute to give the hosts the early lead that held up until late in the second half.
Frosinone striker Federico Dionisi was able to equalize the count at the 70th minute, but Carpi's Dutch midfielder Jonathan de Guzman scored the winner right at the stroke of full time to hand Roberto Stellone's squad their fourth winless performance in their last six games.
Meanwhile, Fiorentina has also struggled to keep up with the league leaders as they dropped to the fourth spot in the league table 13 points behind defending champions Juventus FC, 10 points adrift of second-running SSC Napoli, and five points way from hot team AS Roma who is currently at the third spot.
In their most recent domestic match, Viola was forced in a disappointing 1-1 draw with cellar-dwellers Hellas Verona also last Sunday at their own home field of Stadio Artemio Franchi, as per SkySports.
I Gigliati was able to draw first blood in the contest via a 40th minute center box shot from Argentina striker Mauro Zarate to give the team a comfortable lead late in the first half.
Fiorentina looked headed to snapping their two-game winless skid, but I Mastini was able to get the equalizer four minutes before the full time whistle to via a header from defender Eros Pisano to demoralize Paulo Sousa's side.
It was the third straight winless game for Viola and they are out to put their slide to a halt against Frosinone this weekend.
The predicted result is a 3-1 bounce back win for Fiorentina.
Frosinone starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Leali; Rosi, Ajeti, Pryima, Pavlovic; Sammarco, Gori, Frara; Kragl, Ciofani, Dionisi
Fiorentina starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Astori, Alonso, Pasqual; Fernandez, Costa; Tello, Zarate, Valero; Babacar
