Stephane Mbia faces late tests for Europa League semi

Fiorentina will need a massive performance if they are to beat Sevilla and reach the Europa League final while things are finely poised between Dnipro and Napoli.

The Italian outfit welcome the defending champions to the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Thursday needing to overcome a massive 3-0 deficit following a dismal showing in their first-leg last week.

To compound matters for Vincenzo Montella's side, they will be without Khoumar Babacar (knee), Micah Richards (hamstring), Juan Manuel Vargas (adductors) and Giuseppe Rossi (knee), who are all sidelined through injury.

Sevilla, meanwhile, are looking to become the first team in history to claim the Europa League for the fourth time and travel to Florence as overwhelming favourites following an exceptional fist-leg performance.

Stephane Mbia (head) and Beto (shoulder) both face late tests for the Sevillistas but Nicolas Pareja (knee) is ruled out.

Elsewhere, the other semi-final will likely feature a far more tight contest as Ukranian giants Dnipro welcome Napoli to NSK Olimpiyskyi, holding a slim advantage following their 1-1 draw in the first-leg last week.

Yevhen Seleznyov's late strike cancelled out David Lopez's early header and gives the Ukranians, who are formidable on home soil, a fighting chance of reaching their first European final thanks to a vital away goal.

In team news, Ondrej Mazuch (knee), Roman Zozulya (knee) and Serhiy Kravchenko (unspecified) are all sidelined for the hosts while Michu (thigh) and Juan Zuniga (knee) miss out for the Partenopei.