Fiorentina suffer heavy defeat at home three days ahead of welcoming Hearts to Stadio Artemio Franchi
![Mattia Zaccagni of SS Lazio celebrates after scoring a goal in the 4-0 win over Fiorentina.](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmIwNjMxYzVmLWJhNzgtNDgyNi04MjQ4LTljNjBlNzJjZjMyYjpkZWEzY2Y0ZS1jOTZkLTRiMjMtYmM2Yy1hODFlZDFkYjdjOTg=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
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La Viola welcome the Jambos to the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Thursday evening on matchday four in Group A, but their preparations took a dunt as Vincenzo Italiano’s team were soundly beaten at home by Lazio in Serie A.
Goals from Matais Vecino, Mattia Zaccagni, Luis Alberto and Ciro Immobile made it a night to forget for Fiorentina as they continue to toil domestically. They sit 13th in Serie and are the league’s joint second-lowest goalscorers, while Lazio have moved up to third.
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Hide AdManager Italiano named a strong team to face Lazio but did take off influential deep-lying playmaker Sofyan Amrabat at half-time.
Fiorentina defeated Hearts 3-0 at Tynecastle last week to move into second place in the pool and are warm favourites despite their poor league form to overcome Robbie Neilson’s men and progress from the group.